The Competition Commission of India has ordered a fresh investigation against Internet major Google for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the online search advertising space.
The fair trade watchdog is already probing the Internet major for alleged anti-competitive business practices.
The latest order came on a complaint by one Vishal Gupta against Google Inc, Google Ireland Ltd and Google India Pvt Ltd alleging that Google Adwords accounts are extremely “opaque and not transparent.”
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) also directed its Director-General (DG) to investigate the role, if any, of persons who were in charge of, and were responsible to the companies for the conduct of their businesses, after giving due opportunity of hearing to such persons.
The AdWords programme, which allows Google to sell keywords to advertisers and display them in the form of short ads online, is a big money spinner for the company.
In an order released today, the Commission said that “Google’s practices prima facie stem, to a large degree, from its undisputable dominance in the online search market.”
“Therefore, Google’s practices towards AdWords customers such as the RTS (remote technology support) firms in this case, need to be investigated,” the watchdog added.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/4852-cci-orders-fresh-investigation-against-google.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/4852-cci-orders-fresh-investigation-against-google.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/4852-cci-orders-fresh-investigation-against-google.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/4852-cci-orders-fresh-investigation-against-google.html
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