EU Orders Google to Share Anonymized Search Data

The European Union Commission has ordered Google to share anonymized search data with rival search engines under the Digital Markets Act. The ruling requires Google to provide better interoperability for companies using the Google Android operating system.

Google must give third parties access to data and features needed to improve their services, allowing competitors of artificial intelligence (AI) services to compete with Google's AI services such as Gemini by January 2027.

The ruling also outlines ways to anonymize the shared data in collaboration with privacy experts. Google will be allowed to evaluate whether sharing data with a specific third party poses serious cybersecurity and data protection risks before sharing any data.