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06-02-2015, 12:40 PM
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ruW3m4xYFAHJzxTVlG6hiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-06-02T161225Z_1_LYNXMPEB510W3_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-BUSINESS.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/privacy-app-maker-files-eu-antitrust-complaint-against-161225546--finance.html)By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. tech firm Disconnect has filed a complaint to EU antitrust regulators against Google's ban on its privacy app, accusing the Silicon Valley giant of abusing its dominant market position. Disconnect, set up four years ago by former Google engineers, says its app protects users of the Android operating system from invisible tracking and malware distributed through advertisements. It said Google had abused its position by blocking the app from the Google Play store last year, and had gained an unfair advantage over competitors by integrating its own privacy and security services into its own products.



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