Unternehmensberatung soll Renault und Peugeot bei Preisabsprachen geholfen haben

Spiegel.de, hier. 

An American Alternative to Europe’s Privacy Law

T. Wu, here.

Privacy by Design

EDPS, Opinion here.

Antitrust via Rulemaking: Competition Catalysts

T. Wu, here.

Consumer Costs of Anticompetitive Regulations

Open Markets Institute, Comments here.

Vestager: “Tiene sentido que las empresas paguen a los usuarios por sus datos”

ElPais, aquì.

A framework for the moderation of user-generated online content that puts human rights at the very centre

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, here. 

Susan Athey: Why Business Leaders Shouldn’t Have Blind Faith in AI

Gsb.stanford.edu, here. 

Europe’s bank bosses stress need for consolidation

FT, here. 

Los bancos europeos piden poner coto a las tecnológicas

Expansion, aquì.

Fintech Developments: FTC, FDIC, OCC and More

Manatt, here. 

Keine Verfahrenseinleitung gegen die Lufthansa wegen Preishöhenmissbrauchs

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht hier. 

Bayern-Fußballstar James führt eigene Kryptowährung ein

FAZ, hier. 

Brad Smith:"the single greatest cost was the distraction...we missed search"

Recode, Video here (at (8:32).
Missed: not aware or didn't dare (to hamper Google et al. because of the annoying DoJ's antitrust laser beam)?

Going to show this video to my students...forever.

Funny though that antitrust might be considered a distraction by Big Tech, while many of their tools are generally considered weapons of mass distraction.

On First Day of GDPR, Ad Industry's Fears About Google Come True

Bloomberg, here. 

Cyber crooks claim to hit two big Canadian banks

Reuters, here. 

Justice department approves Bayer-Monsanto merger in landmark settlement

Washington Post, here. DoJ here. 

BancoEstado reabre cuenta a plataforma de criptomonedas

LaTercera, aquì. Background here.
TDCL: Demanda aquì; Resolución, aquí

Die Buchpreisbindung in einem sich ändernden Marktumfeld

Monopolkommission, hier. S. auch hier. 

From Open Banking to Open Everything

J. Fingleton, here. 

Microsoft is creating an oracle for catching biased AI algorithms

MIT Technology Review, here. 

DATENRECHTE – EINE RECHTS - UND SOZIALWISSENSCHA FTLICHE ANALYSE IM VERGLEICH DEUTSCHLAND - USA

L. Specht, W. Kerber, hier. 

ICANN goes to Court

Hier. 

Legal Engineering on the Blockchain: 'Smart Contracts' as Legal Conduct

J. Goldenfein, A. Leiter, here. 

Angela Merkel fordert Besteuerung von Daten

Zeit.de, hier. 

Why China’s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares

Bloomberg, here. 

A Brief History of AI

F. Corea, here. 

Who will win the race for AI?

FT, here.

Fintechs and regulatory compliance

Deloitte, here. 

The G.D.P.R., Europe’s New Privacy Law, and the Future of the Global Data Economy

J. Powles, here. 

Data, algorithms and policies

ECLAC, here. 

What You Should Do With All Those Privacy-Policy Emails Before You Delete Them

A. Glaser, here. 

How to recognize the banks that can survive the fintech threat

American Banker, Podcast here.

RGPD : vous voulez récupérer vos données ? My Data Request vous accompagne

Numerama, ici.

Leave Silicon Valley alone

The Week, here.

Building a cathedral: digital markets, economics-based enforcement and commitment to sound procedures

M. Delrahim, here.

HOW EUROPE'S GDPR REGULATIONS BECAME A MEME

Wired, here.

Google employees are being targeted with this ad urging them to consider their role in making search rankings more fair

Recode.net, here.

More effective than competition enforcement?

How Can Humans Keep the Upper Hand? The ethical matters raised by algorithms and artificial intelligence

CNIL, here. 

Antitrust Enforcement Against Platform MFNs

J. Baker, F. Scott Morton, here.

Multisided Platforms and Antitrust Enforcement

M. Katz and J. Sallet, here. 

Beyond Brooke Group: Bringing Reality to the Law of Predatory Pricing

C. Hemphill and P. Weiser, here. 

Invigorating Vertical Merger Enforcement

S. Salop, here. 

AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: NEXT STEPS TO REALISING THE POTENTIAL

FinExtra, here. 

#GDPRDay

HT to @GMamdani

Insurance 2030—The impact of AI on the future of insurance

McKinsey, here. 

DSGVO-Beschwerden gegen Android, Instagram, Whatsapp und Facebook: Max Schrems legt los

Heise.de, hier. See also here.

Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio

ArsTechnica, here.

Dutch lender ABN Amro’s website slowed by cyber attack

FT, here. 

Making Sense of the Intricacies of Online Advertising Market: The French Autorité de la concurrence ’s Take

I. de Silva, here. 

Amazon’s Finance Ambitions Are Drawing Attention From the Fed

Bloomberg, here. 

Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to 'weaponise' data, court case alleges

The Guardian, here.

Cryptocurrencies: Commodity Dynamics and Cartelization

P. Heilberg, here.

U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation

Reuters, here.

Russia’s Gazprom dodges fine in EU antitrust settlement

FT, here.

Commission imposes binding obligations on Gazprom to enable free flow of gas at competitive prices in Central and Eastern European gas markets

EC, Press Release here. 

Are all these GDPR-consent emails even necessary?

iapp. here. 

Whatsapp gibt Nutzerdaten an Facebook weiter

SZ.de, hier. S. auch hier.

Privacy and Freedom of Expression In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Article 19 and Privacy International, here. 

The International Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation

I. Rubinstein, B. Petkova, here. 

Legal and regulatory issues businesses should be thinking about now when it comes to AI.

Hogan Lovells, here. 

GOOGLE’S SELFISH LEDGER IS AN UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING

The Verge, here. 

Big Brother Goes Digital

NYBooks, here. 

Sustainable Financial Services in the Digital Age

UK Finance, here. 

Online platforms and exclusionary abuses – Unlockd vs. Google- a seminal case in the making?

Coreblog, here. 

The need for a new personal data infrastructure

Mydex, here.

Google says India anti-trust ruling could cause 'irreparable" harm': document

Reuters, here. 

Antitrust nearly slew Microsoft. Can it adapt to tech giants like Facebook?

San Francisco Chronicle, here. 

Tech Platforms and the Knowledge Problem

F. Pasquale, here. 

Diskussionen zwischen KI-Systemen sollen Entscheidungen nachvollziehbar machen

Heise.de, hier. 

Brokers, dealers and the regulation of markets: Applying finreg to the giant tech platforms

Synthetic Assets, here. 

‘60 Minutes’ Report Targets on Google Antitrust Risks

Bloomberg, here. 

‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley

The Ringer, here.

BIG DATA IM BEREICH HEIM UND FREIZEIT

ABIDA, hier. 

Deutsche vertrauen Algorithmen nicht

Zeit.de, hier. 

Activists turn tables on companies as EU privacy law comes in

Reuters, here. 

All Roads Lead to Rome: Enforcing the Consumer Welfare Standard in Digital Media Markets

M. Delrahim, here. 

Is Blockchain Hype, Revolutionary, or Both? What We Need to Know

S. Oh, S. Wallsten. here. 

Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age

P. Constantinides, O. Henfridsson, G. Parker, here. 

Superintendência-Geral recomenda arquivamento de dois processos contra o Google

CADE, aqui (nota técnica aqui.)

Is human society prepared for the rise of artificial intelligence?

H. Kissinger, here.

Open Letter in Support of Google Employees and Tech Workers

ICRAC, here. 

Why Blockchain is Hard

J. Song, here. 

Algorithms have become so powerful we need a robust, Europe-wide response

M. Schaake, here. 

Welche Lösungen es jetzt braucht, damit algorithmische Prozesse den Menschen dienen

Algorithmenethik.de, hier. 

Ein Vergleich der Tech-Giganten Chinas

Paymentandbanking, hier. 

Le grand débat de la donnée

Replay ici. 

Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract

Gizmodo, here. 

The Curse of Bigness Revisited

T. Wu, Video here. 

U.S. vs. Microsoft: 20 Years Later, Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead

Yelp Video, here.

Highest exposure to antitrust enforcement (Panel 1)?
G x x x x
Apple
F x
Amazon x x x

(Gary Reback getting more depressed after each panel).

BLUMENTHAL & MARKEY CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO GOOGLE’S COVERT LOCATION TRACKING

Markey.senate.gov, here. 

Corralling the Info-Monopolists

Project Syndicate, here. 

New Commissioner Says FTC Should Get Tough on Companies Like Facebook and Google

ProPublica, here.

Algorithmic Accountability

ABIDA, hier. 

The GDPR was never going to change behaviour overnight

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting from Android phones

The Guardian, here.
No Oracle's submission to be found here.
I think Gary Reback mentioned that "they" tried to bring data protection into the EU Android investigation but didn't succeed in convincing the EC (check here si jamais).

Google's plans to use AI to help the blind

CNN, here. 

Morgan Stanley to Follow Goldman in Bet on Brazilian Fintech

Bloomberg, here.
"Lively" competition enforcement factored in by investors, or competition authorities getting active because of the economic relevance of the sector?

GDPR will pop the adtech bubble

D. Searls, here.

Asus to pay 65m euro settlement for price manipulation

Asia Nikkei, here. Case here. 

Guidance on Transaction Value Thresholds for Mandatory Pre-merger Notification

Bundeskartellamt, here. Draft for public consultation.

Why so much debate about personal data misses the point

Mydex, here. 

Facebook Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency

Cheddar, here. 

'Big Brother' AIB now spying on customers' social media accounts

Irish Independent, here. 

Quel menu pour nourrir l’intelligence artificielle? Pouvez-vous passer la carte?

A. Strowel, ici. 

Artificial Intelligence for the American People

The White House, here. See also here.

Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans

The Verge, here.

ICOs are Cancer

M. Flaxman, here.

Some Android features not coming to Samsung

Economic Times, here.

Unlockd wins first battle of Google legal war for survival

AFR, here.

Unfolding the New-Born Right to Data Portability: Four Gateways to Data Subject Control

H. Uršič, here.

I am a data factory (and so are you)

Rough Type, here.

Three Fintechs leading Open banking initiatives in the UK

DailyFintech, here.

White House Assures Google, Goldman AI Won't Get Heavy Hand

Bloomberg, here.

CCI brings algorithms used to price air tickets under the scanner

Business Standard, here.

EPIC Seeks Records from FTC Regarding Irish Audits of Facebook

EPIC, here..

DOJ’s Brief in Apple V. Robert Pepper

Here.

A capability-based model to explain the (r)evolution of the banking industry

BIAN, here. 

Examining the Bulgarian Presidency’s latest draft of the ePrivacy Regulation

M. Fazlioglu, here. 

Google grapples with ‘horrifying’ reaction to uncanny AI tech

Bloomberg, here. 

Beaches and Bitcoin

H. Peirce, here. 

GDPR, Data Portability and Data About Multiple People

IF and ODI, here. 

La donnée est-elle le nouveau pétrole ou un nouvel environnement ?

J. Krewer, ici. 

Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank, now lets you pay ‘Nearby Friends’

TechCrunch, here. 

The Public Interest Standard and the Dangers of Discrimination

R. Alford, here. 

Intentando blindar el sector del taxi frente a la competencia, los tribunales y el interés público

Hay derecho, Aquì

Google Maps API pricing got you down? See these best alternatives

Geo awesomeness, here

Service Workers Forced to Act Like Robots Meet Their Match

The Atlantic, here. And don’t miss the conversations, truly jawdropping. Getting rid of this further pain point will likely increase Google’s power of “recommendation”. 

AI Isn’t a Crystal Ball, But It Might Be a Mirror

J. Ito, here.

Europa lädt das Update hoch

Die Zeit, hier. 🐌

Ticketmaster could replace tickets with facial recognition

The Verge, here.

ETH-Professor zu umstrittenen Belohn-Apps von Krankenkassen: «Mir sind sie zu intransparent»

AZ, hier.

Uber/Grab merger: Appointment of monitoring trustee to monitor compliance with CCCS’s Interim Measures Directions

CCCS, here. 

Uber’s self-driving car saw the pedestrian but didn’t swerve – report

The Guardian here. 

What is edge computing?

TheVerge, here. 🐌

Jan Philipp Albrecht: "Ein großer Schritt voran"

BR.de, hier. 

Study on emerging issues of data ownership, interoperability, (re-)usability and access to data, and liability

Deloitte for DG Communications Networks, Content & Technology, here.
(rating: 🐌🐌 medium slow reading required).

AUSWIRKUNGEN VON BIG DATA AUF DEN MARKT DER ONLINEMEDIEN

ABIDA.de, hier. 

Algorithms as Illegal Agreements

M. Gal, here.
🐌🐌🐌

Amazon, the Elephant in the Antitrust Room

NYTimes, here. 

Amazon Offers Retailers Discounts to Adopt Payment System

Bloomberg, here. 

Radical Markets and...the Blockchain

E. Posner, G. Weyl, here (from 5:33:16).

Entwurf der ePrivacy Verordnung – Neue Fassung zum aktuellen Stand im Rat der Europäischen Union

De Lege Data, hier. 

La défense de la création passe par la régulation

F. Nissen, ici. 

Digitalisierung im Alltag: 4 von 5 Deutschen verwenden Online-Bezahldienste

WiWo, hier. 

GOOGLE AND GDPR HAND PUBLISHERS A HARD CHOICE

AdAge, here. 

Online platforms under fire as EU pushes for transparency on search results

EurActiv, here. 

Big tech, power and responsibility

FT, Big Picture, Audio here. 

Is Blockchain Hype, Revolutionary, or Both? What We Need to Know.

TPI, here. 

Why the net giants are worried about the Web 3.0

G. Zago, here. 

ACCC chair Rod Sims puts Google, Facebook on notice

Theaustralian.com.au, here. 

Canberra creates a brave new data world

The Mandarin, here. 

It’s not just monopoly and monopsony

EPI, here. 

Analyse: Warum an den Payment-Coup der Deutschen Bank ein paar Fragezeichen gehören

Finanz-Szene.de, hier. 

Microsoft Pay comes to Outlook, integrating Stripe, Braintree, Sage, Wave and more

TechCrunch, here. 

Artificial Intelligence — The Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet

M. Jordan, here.

I thought you might like this visualization of the terms and conditions of the different apps

@dimitryarov

Datenschutz und Technikgestaltung

J. Pohle, hier.
🐌🐌🐌

Implications of E-commerce for Competition Policy

OECD, Background Note, here.

(Many overlaps with previously discussed topics; and plain vanilla shopping is the new e-commerce).

Ripple Sued for Securities Law Violations

CryptoLaw, here. 

Questions and Answers: Directive on Security of Network and Information systems, the first EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity

EC, here. 

JPMorgan files blockchain interbank payment patent

FinExtra, here. 

How Essential are Standard-Essential Patents?

M. Lemley, T. Simcoe, here. 

Instagram quietly launches payments for commerce

TechCrunch, here.
...and data quietly going to Facebook?

EU considers using algorithms to detect anti-competitive acts

Reuters, here. 

A Comparative Study of Competition Law Relating to the New Economy: A Case Law in the European Union

J. Sop Choi, here. 

Amazon and the Unwisdom of the Populist Crowd

Truth on the Market, here. 

Gegenentwürfe zum Datenkapitalismus sind nötig

Netzpolitik, hier. 

Conditions d'application du droit de la concurrence au secteur agricole

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

A fair deal for consumers in Belgium

M. Vestager, here. And, not mentioned in the text:

How Much Is It Worth to Use Facebook? It Depends

C. Sunstein, here. 

Jack Ma's Free Spending Ways Are Spooking Alibaba Investors

Bloomberg, here. 

I TRIED LEAVING FACEBOOK. I COULDN’T

S. Jeong, here. 

Karl Marx: Bewunderer und Verächter des Kapitalismus

FAZ, hier. 

Comcast’s bid to acquire Sky and its effects on competition in the EU

D. Geradin, here. 

The Fallacy of the Free Market

J. Kwak, here. 

Facebook hired eHarmony's chief scientist for...God knows what

TechCrunch, here.
"But Facebook has confirmed to us that Carter is not working on the new dating service, and the company declined to say what he is doing."

IBM buys aggregation and analytics software provider Armanta

FinExtra, here. 

Data Analytics and The Death of The Modern Banking Industry

The Financial Brand, here. 

Inovação Tecnológica e Concorrência no Setor Financeiro em Portugal

Autoridade da Concorrência, aqui. 

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue: Bill Gates

The Times of India, here. 

Who should hold the keys to our data?

The Guardian, here. 

Durchsetzung nach Datenlage

FAZ, hier. 

Digital platforms inquiry submissions published

ACCC, here. 

Tim Cook’s company is a rock of common sense in an industry that’s gone rogue.

Bloomberg, here. 

Blockchain insiders tell us why we don't need blockchain

FT, here. 

Australia's Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers

BuzzFeedNews, here. 

ARE GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK UNDERMINING EUROPE'S PRIVACY RULES?

Wired, here. 

The Rise and Development of FinTech

R. Teigland et al., here. 

Taxi, ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services

OECD Secretariat, Background Note, here. 

Competition Policy and the Tech Industry – What’s at stake?

B. Hoffman, here. 

Facebook is taking on Tinder with new dating features

The Verge, here. 

2018 Global Payments Insight Survey: Retail Banking

Ovum, here. 

PTO's Iancu: AI Algorithms Generally Patentable

Broadcastingcable, here.

The Australian Government’s response to the Productivity Commission Data Availability and Use Inquiry

Here.

Out of the DOJ Ashes Rises the FTC Phoenix: How to Enhance Antitrust Enforcement by Eliminating an Antitrust Enforcement Agency

D. Bush,  here.

WhatsApp founder plans to leave after broad clashes with parent Facebook

Washington Post, here.

"The founders also clashed with Facebook over building a mobile payments system on WhatsApp in India"

Consumer groups publish Open Banking Manifesto

Finextra, here. Manifesto here.

Sprint and T-Mobile Try Again, but Antitrust Hurdles Remain the Same

NYTimes, here.

First person convicted under Malaysia’s fake news law gets month in jail

The Verge, here.

The economics of artificial intelligence

A. Agrawal, here.