Follow up to the Google DoubleClick Merger In the News, from EPIC: The European Commission Directorate on Competition will review Google’s $3.1 billion merger with internet advertising company DoubleClick. The news comes a few days after European consumer group BEUC sent a letter (pdf) urging Commission to investigate the merger. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party recently expanded (pdf) an investigation of Google’s data retention policies to include the policies of all search engines. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission also is reviewing the merger.”