Just over a year after a federal judge declared that Google is a monopoly in a landmark antitrust case, penalties have been handed down, though Google has been spared the breakup that the government had been seeking.

There was some expectation that the ruling handed down today (September 2) would force Google to divest various parts of its business including selling Chrome or separating Android from Google. That's not what happened, though Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia did impose some penalties.

As part of the ruling, Google must share some of its search data with companies that are "qualified competitors." Specifically, Google has to share search index and user interaction data, though it doesn't have to share advertising data.

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