Google challenges EU orders on search data and Android access

Google has challenged two European Commission orders requiring it to share specified search data with rival search services and give competing artificial intelligence assistants access to Android features used by its Gemini assistant. The company filed the cases at the EU General Court in Luxembourg on September 28, according to its statement and reports of the filings. The orders were issued under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, which sets obligations for large technology platforms. One requires Google to make certain search data available to rival search engines, including AI chatbots. The other concerns Android, requiring rival AI assistants to gain access to features available to Gemini. The measures are intended to give competing services a chance to operate on more equal terms, though the exact technical requirements and timelines are described differently in the available accounts. Google says the requirements could compromise user privacy and device security. Oliver Bethell, the company’s senior director of competition, said the search data could include people’s personal queries and argued that safeguards would not adequately anonymize it.