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Canada competition bureau approves Telus bid for Public Mobile  Friday, Nov 29, 2013 11:19 AM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Competition Bureau said on Friday it would allow Canadian telecom company Telus Corp to buy all of struggling startup Public Mobile. Industry Minister James Moore had approved the sale last month, saying it would not hurt consumers. The Conservative government is eager to boost competition in the wireless sector. "The Bureau will continue to closely monitor the evolution of competition in Canada's wireless telecommunications industry and take action where appropriate," Commissioner of Competition John Pecman said in a statement. ... Full Story	Top
Dutch privacy watchdog says Google breaks data law  Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 12:45 PM PST By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Google's practice of combining personal data from its many different online services violates Dutch data protection law, the country's privacy watchdog said on Thursday after a seven-month investigation. The Dutch Data Protection Authority, or DPA, asked Google to attend a meeting to discuss its concerns, after which it would decide whether to take any action against the cloud services, Internet search and advertising giant, which could include fines. Google, responding to the Dutch authority's findings, said it provided users of its services with sufficiently specific information about the way it processed their personal data. We have engaged fully with the Dutch DPA throughout this process and will continue to do so going forward," Google said in a statement. Full Story	Top

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