US judge orders Google to share search data with competitors | Technology News

Google has said previously it plans to file an appeal to the ruling.

Alphabet’s Google must share data with competitors to open up competition in online search, a judge in Washington has ruled.

The decision handed down on Tuesday also rejects prosecutors’ bid to make the internet giant sell off its popular Chrome browser.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai had expressed concerns at a trial in April that the data-sharing measures sought by the United States Department…