Tag: Data
US: CEOs ask congress to pass data privacy law
To enable continued innovation and growth in the digital economy, the Business Roundtable is asking Congress to pass a comprehensive consumer data...
EU: Tech regulators may impose new data rules
The European Union’s (EU) Antitrust Chief Margrethe Vestager said new rules may be imposed to ensure companies that collect data are not...
US: Facebook lays out challenges of letting users take their data...
Facebook Inc. has promised regulators that it will protect users’ privacy and give them the right to take their data where they...
EU: Top data protection regulator dies
Europe’s data protection supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, has died. His passing, at age 62, was announced by his office Wednesday, August 21 — which wrote:
"It...
EU: Commission could have a Facebook decision for privacy cases
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has the power to levy billions of euros in fines and...
Student Challenge Quadriptych – “Shaping Competition Policy in the Era of...
July 2019
CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents:
CPI Europe Column: Student Challenge Quadriptych – “Shaping Competition Policy in...
UK: Data breach costs British Airways record fine
According to BBC News, the UK’s privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), has fined British Airways a record £183 million (US$229 million) fine for...
UK: Regulator says Adtech industry ignores data protection laws
The multibillion-dollar real-time bidding (RTB) adtech industry is processing data unlawfully, the UK’s data protection regulator has ruled, reported the Financial Times.
The Information Commissioner’s...
US: Google pays $2.6B for data analytics Software company
Google’s parent company Alphabet announced on Thursday, June 6, that it is buying data analytics company Looker for US$2.6 billion, according to a report...
US: Antitrust data shows vital role of private actions: The Hill
According to The Hill, the recently released 2018 Antitrust Annual Report found that private antitrust lawsuits settled in federal courts since 2013 have recovered...
