How Can Competition Policy And Privacy Protection Policy Interact?

While some initially argued that privacy was distinct and independent from competition enforcement, market realities and digitization have since then forced regulators to reflect upon how the two policies can be interrelated and increase their coordination efforts. Regulations like GDPR have rebalanced the asymmetry between platforms and users enabling privacy protection to become a relevant competition parameter. This paper examines how to best inform competition policy of privacy issues. It do