“Should We Block This Merger? Some Thoughts on Converging Antitrust and Privacy”

J. Phillips, here. 

2019 by the numbers

Open Banking, here. 

Blockchains, DLTs and Privacy-Enhancing Technology for the Common Good

Decode, panel discussion, here. 

The Internet in Everything

With Vint Cerf, here. 

Always United

EC fines NBCUniversal €14.3 million for restricting sales of film merchandise products

Here. 

COLLABORATIVE SPACES PROMOTING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

S. Boutillier et al, here. 

Non c'è due senza tre, but what will it be?

D'Kart im FAZ Podcast

Hier, ab 39:19.

8 days later: The CJEU Judgment

Case C‑307/18, Generics (UK) and Others, here.
Opinion, 22 January 2010, here.

Discussing AI with our beloved Queen et al

STOA Panel, Video here. 

MONITORYOU: the MilliONs beIng spenT by the eu on develOping surveillance tech to taRget YOU

Privacy International, here. 

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Policy Considerations

USPTO, Conference Recordings here (1 year after the event,  sorry IMI but still fresh).

Nichts ist so diskret wie Bargeld

FAZ, hier. 

10. GWB-Novelle – Herausforderungen auf digitalen und regionalen Märkten begegnen!

Monopolkommission, hier. 

The Economics of International Competition Policy: New Challenges in the Light of Digitization?

O. Budzinski, here. 

Tech in 2020

B. Evans, Presentation here. 

Text and Data Mining: Articles 3 and 4 of the Directive 2019/790/EU

C. Geiger et al, here.

Search Preference Menus: Improving Choice With Design

DuckDuckGo, here. 

E-Commerce: Datenschutz auf dem Bauernhof

Hier und hier. 

Google Rival Attacks Search Giant’s Bid to Stoke Android Choice

Bloomberg, here. 

EPO publishes grounds for its decision to refuse two patent applications naming a machine as inventor

EPO, here. 

POTs: Protective Optimization Technologies

B. Kolynych, here. 

The concept of Fairness in the GDPR

G. Malgieri, here. 

Google acquires Pointy, a startup to help brick-and-mortar retailers list products online, for $163M

TechCrunch, here.

EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy: United Kingdom Report

A. Kalintiri, R. Stones, here. 

Building a Conceptual Framework for Decentralised Digital Ecosystems

Machine Lawyering, here. 

Facebook-Kryptowährung: Libra erwägt Verzicht auf Devisenkorb

Finance FWD, hier. 

WEF: Libra’s Marcus emphasizes network over digital currency

Ledger Insights, here. 

Les Rendez-vous de l'Autorité : Les algorithmes

Video here (en anglais).

Ungezähmte Internetgiganten

Oxfam et al, hier.

CSIRO wants our laws turned into computer code. Here’s why that’s a bad idea

J. McIntyre, here. 

Entwurf eines Zehnten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen für ein fokussiertes, proaktives und digitales Wettbewerbsrecht 4.0 (GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz)

Hier. 

Clayton Christensen, author of ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’, 1952-2020

FT, here. 

Avviato procedimento di inottemperanza per Facebook

AGCM, qui.

BigTech vs BigBang: Competition in Financial Services

SuperChanger, here. 

Les consommateurs sont mieux protégés dès aujourd'hui grâce aux nouveaux pouvoirs des autorités nationales de protection des consommateurs et de la Commission

EC, ici. 

Facebook verstößt gegen Datenschutzrecht

VZBV, hier. 

AdTech: Broken by Default

Slide (by ?), at CPDP2020, here. 

You Are Now Remotely Controlled

S. Zuboff, here. 

Impending arrival – a sequel to the survey on central bank digital currency

BIS, here. 

An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus

Wired, here. 

Structure for the White Paper on artificial intelligence

EC leak, here. 

LEAK: EU charts 6G future in ambitious industrial plan

Euractiv, here. 

Expertenanhörung zur Datenstrategie im Kanzleramt

Hier.

Competition policy in transition: exploring data portability’s roles

This is the extended abstract of an upcoming paper: I'd love to hear if you have any suggestion with regard to further questions the paper could investigate. Thank you!

Plateformes numériques et concurrence

DG Trésor, ici.

Opinion of the Data Ethics Commission

Here.

6 reasons smaller companies want to break up Big Tech

Recode, here. 

Court of Appeal upholds CMA decision on online sales

CMA, here. 

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-307/18 Generics (UK) and Others

Here.

Google and IAB’s inadequate proposals to reform RTB

Brave, here. 

Artificial intelligence needs global ground rules

D. Coyle, here. 

Innovation and Competition in Financial Markets

OECD, here. 

Wettbewerbsvorwürfe: Apple bringt "Immer erlauben" für Standortzugriff zurück

Heise.de, hier. 

We can't possibly trust Google with our health data

FT, here. 

Governance models for redistribution of data value

M. Savona, here. 

RTB evidence

Brave, here. 

Amazon partners with thousands of mom-and-pop stores in India

TechCrunch, here. 

The Sandbox Paradox

B. Knight, T. Mitchell, here. 

BEHAVIOURAL REMEDIES

Adlc, here.

People shouldn't have to trade their privacy and security for access to a smartphone.

Privacy International, here.

Privacy experts slam UK’s “disastrous” failure to tackle unlawful adtech

Techcrunch, here.

Facebook Sued in U.S. Federal Court for Alleged Anticompetitive Conduct

NYTimes, here.

Competitors in the Digital Economy

House Antitrust Subcommittee, Hearing 17 January 2020, 6 pm Trento Time here; live streaming here.

Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system

P. Krishtel, TedTalk here.

EBA REPORT ON BIG DATA AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS

EBA, here.

The Schism at the Heart of the Open-Source Movement

The Atlantic, here.

Broad Support for Google in the First Round of Supreme Court Briefing

J. Band, here.

Review of De Filippi, Primavera and Wright, Aaron, Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code

T. Cutts, here.

What's in Google's Privacy Sandbox? Nothing, For Now

AdExchanger, here..

Grindr and OkCupid Spread Personal Details, Study Says

NYTimes, here.

Mécanismes et (r)écueil du consentement

LINC, ici.

Mergers in the Digital Economy

A. Gautier, J. Lamesch, here.

Google Chrome et disparition des cookies tiers : une annonce en trompe-l’œil

Numerama.com, ici. 

Addressing the Growing Need for Algorithmic Transparency

H. Watson, C. Nations, here.

Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation

Brookings, here.

Here are the best blockchain products at CES 2020

Decrypt, heer.

Mayor calls for new vision for using data to tackle city's challenges

Mayor of London, here.

Apple's privacy update impacts location-based ad market

Digiday, here.

The Theory of Granularity: A Path for Antitrust in Blockchain Ecosystems

T. Schrepel, here.

Welcome to India, Mr. Bezos. Here’s an Antitrust Complaint.

NYTimes, here.

Why Elizabeth Warren Feels ‘Very Uneasy’ Online

NYTimes, here.

Concurrence et risque algorithmique : quelle régulation des algorithmes ?

S. Harnay, F. Marty, J. Toledano, ici.

Data Protection Day 2020: Facing New Challenges

EDPS, here. 

Algorithmen und Wettbewerb

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

The changing face of UK merger control: getting the deal done in 2020

Fingleton, here. 

Rachat d’Itas par TDF : saisie par Towercast, l’Autorité considère que l’abus de position dominante de TDF n’est pas établi

Adlc, ici.

All happy families are alike: The EDPS’ bridges between competition and privacy

S. Vezzoso (thig blog’s curator), here.

Please let me know, dear @wavesblog Reader (human or bot alike), if you have any comment, thank you!

Data Protection Commission criticised as WhatsApp decision nears

Irish Times, here. 

Google to phase out most invasive internet tracking

FT, here. 

The benefits of sharing personal data – what can we learn from Open Banking?

ICO, here. 

Waterfront Toronto, Sidewalk Labs strike genial tone ahead of key board vote

Financial Post, here. 

Datenschatz an Maschinendaten

Morgenpost, hier. 

EBA report identifies key challenges in the roll out of Big Data and Advanced Analytics

EBA, here. 

Out of Control

Forbrukerradet, here. 

India orders antitrust probe of Amazon, Walmart's Flipkart

Bloomberg, here. 

Blockchain consortium technology considerations

Deloitte, here. 

Kryptowährungen: Dezentralisierte Apps bei Apple wohl unerwünscht

Heise.de, hier. 

Open Banking year two: Insights from the CMA9

FinExtra, here. 

Acquisition for Sleep

L. Persson et al., here. 

Exit Strategy

M. Lemley, A. McCreary, here. 

Noch gibt es die Chance, Digitalisierung zu steuern – dafür braucht Deutschland Mut

Focus, hier. 

Mayor calls for new vision for using data to tackle city's challenges

London, here. 

Chinese court rules AI-written article is protected by copyright

VB, here. 

Amicus Brief in Google v. Oracke

M. Lemley et al. here. 

DuckDuckGo still critical of Google’s EU Android choice screen auction, after wining a universal slot

The Verge, here. 

What rules should be set?

S. Soriano, here. 

A Preliminary Opinion on data protection and scientific research

EDPS, here. 

CHALLENGING ALGORITHMIC PROFILING: THE LIMITS OF DATA PROTECTION AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENT DISCRIMINATION

M. Mann, T. Matzner, here. 

Sonos’ Google feud is really about platform power

The Verge, here. 

Artificial intelligence needs global ground rules

FT, here. 

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff, Carole Cadwalladr, Paul Hilder & Shahmir Sanni

IIPP, Video here.

MERGER CONTROL IN DYNAMIC MARKETS – Contribution from Egypt

OECD, here. 

Urheberrechtliche Grenzen des Web Scrapings (Web Scraping under German Copyright Law)

T. Klawonn, here. 

EC on Irish DPA

Here. 

White House encourages hands-off approach to AI regulation

The Verge, here. 

The End of the Beginning

Stratechery, here. 

FCA and Bank of England announce proposals for data reforms across the UK financial sector

FCA, here. 

Aadhaar at 10: taking stock – The unfinished work lies with the most vulnerable sections of society

Times of India, here. 

La renaissance de Mark Zuckerberg via le vrai-faux projet Libra

M. Bidan, ici. 

Democratizing technology

E. Morozov, Podcast here. 

From Ethics Washing to Ethics Bashing: A View on Tech Ethics from Within Moral Philosophy

E. Bietti, here. 

Blockchain Intermediation

A. Walch, Video here. 

Russian competition watchdog opens investigation into Booking.com

Reuters, here. 

If Data Portability is the Solution, What's the Problem?

TPI, here. 

Java API Classes as Fictional Characters―A Proposal for Google v. Oracle

M. Trimble, here. 

Symposium Consumer and Data Privacy: The Digital Revolution of Legal, Social and Economic Interaction

Maastricht University, 24 January 2020, here. 

EU Patent Office Rejects Two Patent Applications In Which An AI Was Designated As The Inventor

TechDirt, here. 

Digital in 2020: A geopolitical programme

EurActiv, here. 

Is Revolut leading a FinTech revolution … or destroying it?

The Finanser, here. 

Illumina Inc. has Abandoned Its Proposed Acquisition of Pacific Biosciences of California

FTC, here. 

What Tech Needs to Do Better in 2020, According to the People Who Build It

OneZero, here. 

Datenschützerin besorgt über Sicherheitslücken im Gesundheitsnetzwerk

Handelsblatt, hier. 

THE UK’s “OTHER” BIG EXPERIMENT: REGULATING ONLINE PLATFORMS

C. Caffarra, here. 

Adversarial Interoperability

N. Grossman, here. 

Herausforderungen der künstlichen Intelligenz

CH SBFI, hier. 

Challenge-Driven Innovation Policy: Towards a New Policy Toolkit

M. Mazzucato et al., here. 

Technology by Design

Podcast here.

Technology Industries Finland

EUDataSharing, here. 

La decisión de la SIC en el caso Uber

ElTiempo, aquì. 

ADAC fordert Kontrolle von Autobesitzern über ihre eigenen Daten

FAZ, hier.

Amazon/Deliveroo: Summary of the decision on relevant merger situation and substantial lessening of competition

CMA, here.

Not-so-free markets

D. Coyle, here. 

Protecting data privacy needs constant evolution

FT, here. 

Mergers, Product Prices, and Innovation: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry

A. Bonaime, Ye (Emma) Wang, here. 

Pentagon wants open-source 5G plan in campaign against Huawei

FT, here. 

Bitcoin: the good and the bad

M. Rauchs, here. 

How contextual targeting will replace cookies in the privacy age

Venture Beat, here. 

It Is Time to Break Up the Disney Empire

Pro Market, here. 

EPO refuses DABUS patent applications designating a machine inventor

EPO, here. 

The DAO Model Law

Coala, here. 

China may be just about to launch its digital currency in two cities

MIT, here. 

Comment Ring est passée d’une start-up de domotique au premier réseau de surveillance des Etats-Unis ?

LINC, ici. 

The rise of “infomediaries” in support of individual autonomy: a matter of trust and (joint) responsibility

N. Zingales, here. 

Illumina has abandoned its anticipated $1.2 billion takeover of PacBio

CMA, here.
FTC, here.