By Mark Scott, Politico
Europe’s flagship privacy standards, mandating how companies collect, store and use people’s data, got off to a stuttering start. But as the rules turn 3 years old on Tuesday, enforcement is finally on the way.
It’s just not coming from the bloc’s privacy regulators.
The European Union’s powerful competition authorities — both in Brussels and in national capitals — are elbowing their way into the world of data protection. Their focus is a small number of mostly American tech companies that have garnered so much control over reams of people’s social media messages, online search queries and digital shopping purchases.
