Personal information more at risk than ever in age of big data, Hong Kong privacy watchdog head says

SCMP, here. 

How Uber could be building a restaurant empire with your data

TNW, here. 

The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine

NYTimes, here. 

Should We Treat Data as Labor? Moving Beyond "Free"

I. Arrieta Ibarra, L. Goff, D. Jiménez Hernández, J. Lanier, E. Weyl, here. 

Machine Learning and the Market for Intelligence

2017 Talks, here. 

Using AdWords API to export to third-party ad networks will remain OK as Google keeps terms it adopted in FTC settlement

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Are FinTechs hindered by supervisory fees in the Netherlands?

EY for the ACM, here. 

INSIDE CHINA'S VAST NEW EXPERIMENT IN SOCIAL RANKING

Wired, here. 

The price of the bitcoin bubble: Patent trolls are digging into the blockchain

CNBC, here. 

Brenntag sanctionnée à hauteur de 30 millions d'euros pour obstruction à l'instruction.

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Apple confirms iPhones with older batteries will take hits in performance

The Verge, here. 

21st Century Competition Commission Act

Ellison.house.gov, here. 

ECJ puts some fizz in German retail market with ‘Champagner Sorbet’ decision

FT, here. 

Barclays begins preparations for Open Banking

FinExtra, here. 

Consumer Watchdog Asks FTC to Act Against Google Home; Amazon Echo Digital assistants for Deception, COPPA Violation

PRNewswire, here. 

Gemeinsam gegen das Lastwagen-Kartell

FAZ, hier. 

La banca teme nuevos conflictos con los clientes ante la futura regulación de pagos

CincoDias, aquì. 

Platform Regulations How Platforms are Regulated and How They Regulate Us

L. Belli and N. Zingales (Eds), here. 

Génériques de Durogesic: arrivée sur le marché retardée, développement freiné

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

We Can't Find Your Data, But a Hacker Could: How 'Privacy by Design' Trades-Off Data Protection Rights

M. Veale, R. Binns, J. Ausloos, here. 

Uber Dealt Setback After European Court Rules It Is a Taxi Service

NYTimes, here. 

Here’s What Happens to a Startup When Google Gets All Up in Its Business

Bloomberg, here. 

Facebook wants your face data — in the name of privacy, it says

The Washington Post, here. 

Digitale Handelspolitik: Datenschutz gegen Bananen?

Heise.de, hier. 

Fintechs in het betalingsverkeer

ACM, hier (Google translation here; as some of the footnotes got lost in translation, I collected them separately here; for any remaining doubt ask your spouse - if he/she happens to be Dutch or at least Flemish).

Konditionenmissbrauch durch Ausplünderung von Plattform Nutzerdaten

S. Telle, hier. 

Preliminary assessment in Facebook proceeding: Facebook's collection and use of data from third-party sources is abusive

Bundeskartellamt, here. See also Background information on the Facebook proceeding, here and hier.

Bin mir nicht sicher, ob die Uebersetzung hier überhaupt stimmt:

 Der Bundesgerichtshof hat hier eine Rechtsprechung entwickelt, wonach die Unangemessenheit von Konditionen auch anhand von Wertungen des Zivilrechts, etwa des AGB-Rechts, oder anhand einer grundrechtlichen Interessenabwägung überprüft werden kann. Dies gilt für alle gesetzlichen Wertungen, die den Schutz einer Vertragspartei in einer ungleichgewichtigen Vertragsposition bezwecken. Hieran anknüpfend prüft das Bundeskartellamt die Vertragskonditionen Facebooks anhand datenschutzrechtlicher Wertungen. Denn auch das Datenschutzrecht bezweckt den Schutz des Betroffenen vor ungerechtfertigten Datenverarbeitungen seiner personenbezogenen Daten durch die Marktgegenseite. Es soll gewährleisten, dass ein Nutzer selbstbestimmt und freiwillig über den Umgang mit seinen personenbezogenen Daten entscheiden kann.

According to the case-law of the German Federal
Court of Justice, civil law principles can also be
applied to determine whether business terms are
exploitative. On principle, any legal principle
that aims to protect a contract party in an
imbalanced negotiation position can be applied forthis purpose. Often, such principles stem from the
legislation on unfair contract terms or the German
Basic Law. Following the Federal Court of Justice's
approach, the Bundeskartellamt also applies data
protection principles in its assessment of
Facebook's terms and conditions. In this regard,
data protection law has the same objective as competition law, which is to protect individuals
from having their personal data exploited by the
opposite market side. Data protection legislation
seeks to ensure that users can decide freely and
without coercion on how their personal data are
used."

Hier nicht falsch aber zu unpräzis (Selbstbestimmung=rechtlicher Begriff):


"Der Schaden liegt hier vielmehr in einem Kontrollverlust für den Nutzer: Er kann nicht mehr selbstbestimmt über seine persönlichen Daten verfügen."

" The damage for the users lies in a
loss of control: they are no longer able to control
how their personal data are used."

New letter: Top Uber officials engaged in illegal wiretapping, shady spycraft

ArsTechnica, here. 

Transmission de données de WHATSAPP à FACEBOOK : mise en demeure publique pour absence de base légale

CNIL, ici. 

Disney Files Lawsuit Against Redbox Claiming Copyright Infringement

IP Wire, here. 

How to Build a Better Antitrust Policy

H. Hovenkamp, Podcast and Transcript here. 

Google Search (Shopping)

CASE AT.39740, here. 

Can Facebook and Google Be Disrupted?

E. Chiel, here. 

Chinese tech groups look for edge in using artificial intelligence

FT, here. 

Netflix and Spotify Ask: Can Data Mining Make for Cute Ads?

NYTimes, here.

Expedia, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Kayak : comment les Américains imposent leurs lois aux hôtels, restaurants, compagnies aériennes et commerces français?

France Culture, Podcast ici. 

If you go down to the mall today, you're watched by a thousand eyes

TheAge, here. 

Pourquoi Bercy assigne Amazon en justice

Le Parisien, ici. 

La CNIL se prononce sur l'éthique des algorithmes et de l'intelligence artificielle

Sciencesetavenir.fr, ici. 

Europe gears up to play pivotal role in ‘internet of things’

FT, here. 

PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE EU MEMBER STATES

EUIPO, here.

Joining Disney and Fox's sports channels may raise antitrust concerns: experts

Reuters, here.

Data and the role of antitrust enforcement

B. Nigro, here.

Drones, volcanoes and the 'computerisation' of the Earth

The Conversation, here.

Data will change the world, and we must get its governance right

The Guardian, here.

AI isn’t just compromising our privacy—it can limit our choices, too

Quartz, here.

Hard Questions: Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us?

Facebook, here.

Top Silicon Valley tech battle judge probed over sex pest claims

TheRegister, here.

The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

FCA to examine ‘high risk’ initial coin offering market

FT, here. 

CMA launches digital tool to fight bid-rigging

CMA, here. 

Comment permettre à l'homme de garder la main ? Les enjeux éthiques des algorithmes et de l’intelligence artificielle

CNIL, ici. 

Accuracy and administrability go hand in hand

J. Laitenberger, here. 

"Die Bundesregierung hat sich auf die Lufthansa versteift"

FAZ, hier.

DOJ confirms new criminal probe linked to Waymo v. Uber lawsuit

ArsTechnica, here. 

The Hidden Side of Dynamic Pricing: Evidence from the Airline Market

M. Alderighi, A. Gaggero, C. Piga, here. 

Berlin regrets EU decision on airline Niki as insolvency looms

Reuters, here.

Guidelines on Consent and transparency

Art29WP, here and here.

Validating scraped data using goodtables

Ofnlabs, here.

Bundeskartellamt will Lufthansa-Preise prüfen

FAZ, hier.

The Consumer Welfare Standard in Antitrust: Outdated or a Harbor in a Sea of Doubt?

US Senate, here.

Demain ce sera: à. Chacun son prix !

E. Combe, TEDxMarseille, ici.

Connected Cars: What Happens To Our Data On Rental Cars?

Privacy International, here.

ICANN; No, you can't

Article 29WP, here.

33 Theses for an Economics Reformation

Rethinking Economics, here.

Der Todes-Algorithmus

Tagesschau, hier.

The Rhetorical “We” and the Ethics of Technology

M. Sacasas, here.

Bing soll schlauer suchen – dank KI und Reddit

Heise.de, hier.

Wiedergabe von Vorschaubildern in Google-Bildersuche

BGH I ZR 11/16, hier.

Mytaxi pide flexibilizar horarios y tarifas para dinamizar el taxi

CincoDías, Aquí

Competition policy in the digital era (with a special focus on the challenges raised by algorithms)

A. Capobianco, Presentation here. 

"Unfaire Praktiken": Spotify, Deezer & Co. beschweren sich über Apple bei der EU

Heise.de, hier. 

Artificial intelligence is guiding venture capital to start-ups

FT,  here.

Federal Advisory Committee on the Development and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence

A Bill, here. 

Google is opening a China-based research lab focused on artificial intelligence

TechCrunch, here. 

EBay acquires Terapeak to provide more analytics to marketplace sellers

TechCrunch, here. 

ALEXA WANTS YOU TO TALK TO YOUR ADS

Wired, here. 

Lufthansa zieht Angebot für Niki zurück

ORF.at, hier. 

Amazon is coming. Game over for the insurance industry?

InsurTechNews, here. 

10 Things you wish you didn't know about elections (and what to do about them)

Socsci.ox.ac.uk, here.

What Would You Pay to Keep Your Digital Footprint 100% Private?

HBR, here. 

ICN Merger Workshop 2017

COFECE, Videos here. 

Uber's Massive Scraping Program Collected Data About Competitors Around The World

Gizmodo, here.

Comment on Canada's Big Data and Innovation White Paper

Antonin Scalia Law School, here.

A different model for personal data

D. Alexander, here. 

Birkenstock beliefert Amazon nicht mehr

FAZ, hier. 

Platform Market Power

K. Bamberger, O. Lobel, here. 

Brits flock to digital-only banks

FinExtra, here. 

Merger and national security concerns

City of London Law Society, here. 

"LUXUSPROBLEME" - EUGH ZU VERTRIEBSVERBOT ÜBER AMAZON, EBAY & CO.

K. M. Künstner, hier. 

Mercedes: „Datenschutz ist für uns ein Vorteil“

StN.de, hier. 

Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

EPO, here. 

In Your Face: China’s all-seeing state - A Must Watch

BBC, here. 

Antitrust Examining Google Dominance on Web Advertising

Haaretz, here. 

Sources: Apple is acquiring music recognition app Shazam

TechCrunch, here.

Algorithmic collusion

Seminar, Antonio Capobianco @OECD Trento University Dec. 13, 10.30 am, Conference Room. You're welcome! Tutti/e benvenuti/e!

BPatG: Nespresso-Kaffekapsel verliert markenrechtlichen Schutz für Kaffee, Kaffeeextrakte und kaffeebasierte Zubereitungen, Kaffeeersatz und künstliche Kaffeeextrakte

Beckmann und Norda, hier.

BLOCKCHAINS AND DATA PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

M. Finck, here.

International Skating Union's restrictive penalties on athletes breach EU competition rules

EC, Press Release here.

EU merger control: how to remove anti-competitive effects?

C. Esteva Mosso, here.

Selective distribution and online sales: complying with EU competition law after the Coty judgment

Hogan Lovells, here.

European Commission to intervene before the US Supreme Court in the Microsoft case

Press Release, here.

Bundeskartellamt begrüßt geplante Einführung einer Zementhandelsplattform

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Data Spending To Hit $10 Billion This Year: IAB/DMA Report

MediaPost, here.

Warren: "No exception in antitrust law for Big Tech"

Axios, here.

Carmakers Want Silicon Valley’s Tech Without Its Patent Wars

Bloomberg, here.

Hotelverband unterstützt Hotels bei der Geltendmachung von Schadensersatzansprüchen gegen HRS

Hotellerie, hier.

Gelati Algida, sanzione da oltre 60 milioni di euro a Unilever per abuso di posizione dominante

AGCM, here. 

A battle between Apple and an app developer has caught Congress’ attention

Recode, here. 

Inside Oracle’s cloak-and-dagger political war with Google

Recode, here. 

Coty: A supplier of luxury goods can prohibit its authorised distributors from selling those goods on a third-party internet platform such as Amazon

C-230/16, here.

Enceintes intelligentes : des assistants vocaux connectés à votre vie privée

CNIL, ici.

Wholesale Local Access Market Review

Ofcom, here.

Safe harbours and legal presumptions in competition law

OECD Secretariat, Background Note, here.

Common Ownership by Institutional Investors and its Impact on Competition

OECD Secretariat, Background Note, here.

The Extraterritorial Reach of Competition Remedies

OECD Secretariat, Issues Paper, here.

10 years on from the Financial Crisis: Co-operation between Competition Agencies and Regulators in the Financial Sector

OECD Background Note, here.

Competition Policy and Sector-Specific Regulation in the Financial Sector

M. Hellwig, here.

How are companies preparing for GDPR?

Computer World, here.

How Can the Data Economy Be Regulated to Promote New Emerging Markets?

J. Drexl, Video here.

Artificial intelligence and behavioral economics

C. Camerer, here.

Ryanair sues Expedia, accusing online travel giant of illegally scraping its site to sell flights

GeekWire, here.

Australia to probe Facebook, Google over media disruption

Reuters, here.

A way to poke Facebook off its uncontested perch

T. Harford, here.

When Our Thoughts Are No Longer Our Own

NYTimes, here.

The right to data portability in the GDPR: Towards user-centric interoperability of digital services

I. Sanchez et al., here.

Australia to legislate to open up access to consumer data across sectors

Out-law.com, here.

Praktische Umsetzung des Rechts auf Datenübertragbarkeit

Stiftung Datenschutz, hier.

Fintech: Privacy and Identity in the New Data-intensive Financial Sector (India and Kenya)

Privacy International, here.

DFB erleichtert die Voraussetzungen für den Ticketkauf zur WM 2018

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Investigation of Parity Clauses in Japan

Japan FTC, here.

China’s Tech Giants Have a Second Job: Helping Beijing Spy on Its People

WSJ, here.

Jurisdiction, Conflict of Laws and Data Protection in Cyberspace

M. Requejo, here.

EU gibt der Lufthansa mehr Zeit für Air-Berlin-Deal

FAZ, hier.

What I Learned from the People who Built the Atom Bomb

MIT Technology Review, here.

Why Robots (and Animals) Never Need Rights

J. Bryson, here.