Big tech boss will talk to antitrust official

Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai will speak to the European Union’s antitrust chief just days after the EU said it was looking into the company’s data-collection and advertising practices.

Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s digital affairs and antitrust chief, will speak to Pichai on Monday, according to the EU calendar on Friday.

EU regulators earlier this week confirmed sending out questionnaires as part of a probe into data-collection and advertising practices at Alphabet’s Google unit. The move comes as antitrust authorities across the world have stepped up scrutiny of how tech companies gather and use information from people and businesses using their services.

An EU spokesperson said Pichai and Vestager “will discuss issues within the digital and competition portfolios.” Google declined to comment.