Bloomberg Google runs the risk of hefty fines from the European Union’s (EU) beefed-up data-protection watchdogs after consumer groups accused the search-engine giant of abusing tools that track users’ location. Seven European consumer organisations on Tuesday said they would file complaints with their national regulators, who now have powers to levy penalties of as much as 4 percent of a ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc, which is already facing a range of legal and regulatory headaches in London, got another on Tuesday after it was fined 385,000 pounds ($491,000) over a cyberattack that compromised the data of millions of customers and tens of thousands of drivers. The Information Commissioner’s Office said that Uber the personal details of about 2.7 million UK ...

Bloomberg General Motors Co will cut more than 14,000 salaried staff and factory workers and close seven factories worldwide by the end of next year, part of a sweeping realignment to prepare for a future of electric and self-driving vehicles. Four factories in the US and one in Canada could be shuttered by the end of 2019 if the automaker ...