Top Google scientist says EU data measures pose privacy risk for users

BRUSSELS: A top Google scientist sent a warning to EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday that its proposal requiring the company to share search engine data with rivals such ‌as OpenAI risked ⁠exposing ⁠users’ private information, the sternest rebuke yet in a tussle over Google’s lucrative business model.

The European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, has in recent years cracked down on Big Tech via a slew of legislation to ensure that users have more choices and smaller rivals room to compete that has however triggered the ire of the U.S. government.