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Google loses EU data access fight, rivals to get 5 years of query data

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Google has lost a legal battle in the EU, failing to prevent rival search engines and AI chatbots from accessing significant amounts of its query data. The ruling allows competitors to receive daily records, including NUTS 3 location data, for five years at cost-based prices. However, Google will still be able to withhold data from searches with very low unique query counts, specifically those used by fewer than 50 people, and will only share records where at least 1,000 signed-in users share region, device, and language information. The first data deliveries under this new arrangement are expected in early 2027. AI

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Google loses EU data access fight, rivals to get 5 years of query data

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · ppcland ·

    Google loses fight to strip 90%+ of unique queries from EU rivals' data: Rival engines and AI chatbots get daily records, NUTS 3 location and 5-year access at c

    Google loses fight to strip 90%+ of unique queries from EU rivals' data: Rival engines and AI chatbots get daily records, NUTS 3 location and 5-year access at cost-based prices. What does the full text show about Alphabet's campaign? https:// ppc.land/google-loses-fight-to -strip…

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  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · ppcland ·

    Searches with words used by under 50 people won't reach Google rivals: Rival engines and AI chatbots only get records where 1,000 signed-in users share region,

    Searches with words used by under 50 people won't reach Google rivals: Rival engines and AI chatbots only get records where 1,000 signed-in users share region, device and language. First data deliveries could come in early 2027. https:// ppc.land/searches-with-words-u sed-by-unde…

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