Privacy groups challenge Google's DoubleClick deal

PRIVACY GROUPS CHALLENGE GOOGLE'S DOUBLECLICK DEAL
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Eric Auchard]
Consumer privacy groups on Friday sought to derail Google's $3.1 billion deal to buy online ad supplier DoubleClick, filing a complaint with U.S. regulators to block the merger on privacy grounds. Groups led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center have filed the complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission arguing the merger would violate agreed limits on how much data advertisers collect on consumers and seeking an injunction. "Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick will give one company access to more information about the Internet activities of consumers than any other company in the world," the complaint by the privacy activist groups argues.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2040687820070421

* EPIC Files Complaint at FTC to Block Google Acquisition of DoubleClick
http://www.privacy.org/archives/001978.html

* FTC Filing today on GoogleClick First in a Series of Steps
http://www.democraticmedia.org/jcblog/?p=250