Consumer Agency to Probe Tech Giants Including Apple, Facebook


    Big tech companies are about to face questions from the government on yet another front: how they use consumers’ financial and other information.

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to examine consumer data practices at Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. and other firms, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would open a new front in Washington’s scrutiny of the firms.



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