Tag: Data Protection
CPI Talks… with Jon Leibowitz
In this month’s edition of CPI Talks… we have the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Jon Leibowitz, Counsel in Davis Polk’s Washington DC and...
The Opportunities and Limits of Data Portability for Stimulating Competition and...
Data portability has a hybrid nature. What emerged as a data protection concept is now also becoming part of policies aiming to stimulate competition...
Data Access and Portability and EU Competition Law
This short paper will discuss the right to access and port data under EU Competition Law and EU sector-specific regulations. While general Competition Law...
Antitrust Law and Digital Markets: A Guide to the European Competition...
By Viktoria H.S.E. Robertson (University of Graz)
Leading jurisdictions around the world are debating whether the nature of data-driven digital markets and the smart technologies...
EU: EC refers Spain and Greece to court over data law
The European Commission decided Thursday, July 25, to refer Greece and Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to transpose...
EU: Regulators probe data brokers, credit rating agencies
A campaign group has asked EU regulators to investigate several data brokers, credit rating agencies, and adtech companies to see if they are breaching...
Germany sets up body to lead modernisation of competition law
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Germany sets up body to lead modernisation of competition law
By Michael Reich
A new body tasked with proposing reforms to competition law to better...
UK: Facebook charged maximum fine by information commissioner
Facebook was hit with a US$660,000 fine, the maximum allowed, by the British Information Commissioner’s Office over its data scandal with now-defunct political consulting...
EU: Mammoth new data-protection law comes into effect
Global Data Protection Rules (GDPR) will be applicable in Europe from May 25, 2018, and businesses, if not compliant, will see hefty penalties.
Protection of...
EU: New privacy rules to aid Google, Facebook?
As tech corporations around the world face mounting pressure from regulatory bodies and consumers seeking more control over their online privacy, new regulation from...
