Google Said to Agree to ITA Firewalls, Monitoring by U.S.
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Google Inc., the world’s largest search engine, agreed to Justice Department monitoring of travel search and services to win approval of its $700 million purchase of ITA Software Inc., two people familiar with the matter said.
Under the accord, the company would also be subject to compulsory licensing and have to create firewalls on client data, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the agreement hasn’t been announced.