Tag: User Data
Data Regulation and Technology Venture Investment: What Do We Learn From...
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which governs how businesses manage, process, and handle their European users’ data, came into effect in May...
Digital Data as an Essential Facility: Control
This paper examines the question of data as an essential facility. It argues that rather than size being the biggest driver of data meeting...
The Impulse to Condemn the Strange: Assessing Big Data in Antitrust
In current antitrust policy debates, it is almost a foregone conclusion that digital platforms’ collection and use of “big data” is a barrier to...
Fresh thinking needed to keep Big Tech in check
By the Financial Times Editorial Board
The Federal Trade Commission’s $5bn fine for Facebook — assuming it is approved by the Department of Justice —...
CPI EU News: FCO Facebook Quadriptych
March 2019
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
CPI EU News: FCO Facebook Quadriptych
In early February 2019, the...
Italy: Facebook fined €10M
Italy's antitrust authority announced Friday, December 7, that it had handed Facebook two fines adding up to €10 million (US$11.4 million) for alleged breaches...
Apple/Shazam: Data Is Power, But Not A Problem Here
December 2018
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
Apple/Shazam: Data Is Power, But Not A Problem Here By...
US: Facebook shares user data with other tech giants
Facebook reportedly formed data-sharing partnerships with dozens of device makers, including Apple and Samsung, giving them access to information on users, as well as...
US: Uber under FTC investigation
Adding to the embattled ride-hailing company's troubles, Uber is now reportedly under investigation for privacy violations by the Federal Trade Commission.
Currently it's purely speculation...
Enforcement In Digital Markets
By Dr. Anna Blume Huttenlauch-
Andreas Mundt, president of the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”), recently emphasized the important role of competition authorities in tackling...
