The development comes as Google remains at loggerheads with the Australian government over a number of issues, including proposed laws that will make Australia the first country in the world to force Google and Facebook to pay for news sourced from local media outlets.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) voiced concerns in June over the deal, warning Google’s acquisition would give it too much of people’s data, potentially hurting competition in health and online advertising markets.
Google had sought to address those concerns by offering a court enforceable undertaking that it would behave in certain ways toward rival wearable manufacturers, not use health data for advertising and, in some circumstances, allow competing businesses access to health and fitne…