No good news for our friends in Mountain View. Google announced on Friday it received a notification from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission or Federal Trade Commission) in the United States. In the letter, the agency says it will conduct a massive investigation into Google's business practices in recent years.
Research is seen as anti-trust, because it tries to get information about anti-trust Google. For those who do not know, that the trust means that a company used its size, economic power - and technology, I suppose, for the specific case of Google - for their own benefit.
In a text on the subject, Google has always maintained that the user in focus when developing new products and services. "We recognize that our success led to great scrutiny," says the company to admit that the statement received from the FTC. It is true: with the billions of dollars that Google have annual incomes and the large concentration of market that the company grasps the business of search engines, it is not surprising that an investigative body go back for more details about the company.
Microsoft went through similar research and Bill Gates had to provide information
In the message, the Internet giant kind of ironic statement from the FTC: "It is not clear what are the concerns of the FTC." However, Google does not pretend to know the research will be broad and will likely bring several questions about company business.
Google promises to cooperate fully with the requests of the FTC. If so it is expected that the company has a great cost to the production of documents, opinions, evidence and explanations like to bring to the U.S. Trade Commission.
This is only the beginning of what seems to be a very long process and litigation. It is worth noting that Microsoft has also faced similar investigation in early 1990 when several company's practices were investigated. Even Bill Gates paid (impressive and useless) clarification from the U.S. government.
