Thursday, November 26, 2020

Scrambled Eggs and Paralyzed Policy: Breaking Up Consummated Mergers and Dominant Firms

 J. Kwoka, T. Valletti, here

Gaia-X: A trojan horse for Big Tech in Europe

 Euractiv, here

TO TRACK OR NOT TO TRACK?

 Panoptykon Foundation, here

Democratic Data: A Relational Theory For Data Governance

 S. Viljoen, here

Google as a de facto privacy regulator: Analyzing Chrome’s removal of third-party cookies from an antitrust perspective

 D. Geradin et al., here

Big tech, Garante Privacy: “Come rifondare il diritto nella nuova realtà digitale”

 AgendaDigitale, qui

Commission fines Teva and Cephalon €60.5 million for delaying entry of cheaper generic medicine

 EC, here

Legal Analysis of International Trade Law and Digital Trade

 EP, here

Dusseldorf Regional Court refers component-level licensing of standard-essential patents to Court of Justice of the EU

 Foss Patents, here

Strategy for Union institutions, offices, bodies and agencies to comply with the ‘Schrems II’ Ruling

 EDPS, here

Letter on cookie walls

 EDPB, here

Microsoft's new 'Productivity Score' lets your boss track how much you use email, Teams, and even whether you turn your camera on during meetings

 Business Insider, here

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

 BEUC, here

Chinese tech companies write off India

FT, here.  

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

AWS outage has taken down a big chunk of the internet

 The Verge, here

Lessons from the investigations in competition in digital markets

 With Nora Memetti, Oliver Budzinski and myself, Video here

Restoring Balance to Digital Competition

 Instituto de derecho de la competencia, Video here (Philip Marsden presenting and me praising the Report - you can safely skip my part perhaps).

Artificial Intelligence Regulation

 J. Bryson's Thoughts here

A top Democrat on the House antitrust panel sets sights on Big Pharma after wrapping up tech probe

 CNBC, here

Economics of streaming are 'threatening future of music', says Elbow's Guy Garvey

 The Guardian, here

Anwenderüberwachung durch Microsofts Office-Software

 Heise.de, hier

BILL C-11

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA, here

PROJET DE RECOMMANDATION RELATIVE À L’EXERCICE DES DROITS PAR L’INTERMÉDIAIRE D’UN MANDATAIRE

 CNIL, ici; Exemple de mandat pour l’exercice des droits conférés par le RGPD, ici

EU proposes tighter rules on political advertising

 FT, here

On the path to 'strategic autonomy'

 EPRS, here

Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs?

 The Guardian, here

Justice Department Requires Divestiture of Credit Karma Tax for Intuit to Proceed with Acquisition of Credit Karma

 Department of Justice, here

Impact Assessment report and support study accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation on Data Governance

 EC, here

Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe

 EC, Communication here

The Data Governance Act and the Action Plan on Intellectual Property

 M. Vestager, here

The Action Plan on Intellectual Property

  Here; Q&A, here

Commissioners Vestager and Breton on the Data Governance Act

 Today, 11.30 CET, live here

Regulation on data governance – Questions and Answers, here
Press release, here
Factsheet, here
The Proposed DGA, here

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

India bans another 43 Chinese apps

 TechCrunch, here

Europe’s data strategy aims to tip the scales away from big tech

 TechCrunch, here.

Taming the big tech platforms: DG COMP’s remedy problem (as illustrated by the Google saga)

 D. Geradin, here

VRP Proposition Consultation Paper

 OBIE, here

Data for the wider economy

 ODI draft, here

Google’s Cash Makes Rivals Less Eager for Antitrust Crackdown

 Bloomberg, here (and here - convenience, you know).

Future of data economy: a conversation with Thierry Breton and Maximilian Schrems

 Bruegel Event, with T. Breton and M. Schrems, Video here

Stablecoins: risks, potential and regulation

D. Arner, R. Auer and J. Frost, here.  

Stellungnahme zur Anhörung des Wirtschaftsausschusses des Deutschen Bundestags am 25. November 2020 zur Zehnten GWB-Novelle („GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz“)

Stellungnahme mit den Mitgliedern der Monopolkommission abgestimmt, hier

How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism

 New Yorker, here

Urheberrechtsreform: Künstler laufen Sturm gegen freie Inhalte-Schnipsel

 Heise.de, hier

Latest #blockchain ecosystem developments and trends in the EU27, Switzerland and the UK

New EU Blockchain Observatory, here

Without mandatory interoperability, will the European Commission’s Digital Market Act and Digital Service Act be enough to reset the rules for big tech?

K. Szymielewicz, here

Friday, November 20, 2020

REVISION OF THE VERTICAL BLOCK EXEMPTION REGULATION AND THE VERTICAL GUIDELINES

 BEUC, here

Banal Smartphone Apps Are the New Surveillance State

 New Republic, here

What the EU’s investigation of Amazon means for U.S. antitrust probes

CNBC, here.  

Asimov’s Three Laws Helped Shape A.I. and Robotics. We Need Four More.

 OneZero, here

Apple to reduce its cut from in-app purchases as it faces new lawsuit from Fortnite maker

 The Guardian, here

OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment

 J. Morrison, here

Google revamps its strategy towards banking

 FT, here

Discovering Firms' Data Strategies: A Topic Modeling Approach

 A. Leiponen, Video here (from 2:28).

Epic v Apple (3): two perspectives on app stores’ 30% commission fee

 F. Bostoen, here.

Is the internet advertising economy about to implode?

 TechCrunch, here

Do you really want Amazon’s new drugstore knowing your medical condition?

 LATimes, here

China's Draft 'Personal Information Protection Law' (Full Translation)

 New America, here

#DSGVOwirkt: Microsoft passt sich europäischem Datenschutz an

Baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de, hier

Artificial intelligence is reshaping finance

 FT, here

Apple and Facebook trade accusations over data privacy

FT, here (more here). 

A Digital New Deal

 IT for Change, here

EU Tech Alliance in the game

 Here

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

How China’s big tech companies upset Beijing

 Ft, here

Progressive Groups Urge President-Elect Biden Not to Appoint Former Google CEO to Administration

 Revolving Door Project, here

Economic analysis in merger investigations

 OECD, Discussion Paper here

Ecosystem Competition

 D. Crane, here

Some Economics of Digital Ecosystems

 M. Bourreau, here

Digital competition policy: Are ecosystems different? –

 A. Fletcher, here

New proposed law to better protect Canadians’ privacy and increase their control over their data and personal information

 Government of Canada, here

AI regulation in Europe? What consumers have to say

 BEUC, here

Epic Games extends its fight against Apple to Australia

 Epic Games, here and here


Consumer Data Right powers shifted from ACCC

 Innovation Aus, here. See also herehere and here

Secrets and Likes: The Drive for Privacy and the Difficulty of Achieving It in the Digital Age

 A. Acquisti et al., here

Investigation into data protection compliance in the direct marketing data broking sector

 ICO, here

The Evolution of Cloud

 Greylock, here

noyb files complaints against Apple's tracking code "IDFA"

 NOYB, here

Jeder Piks registriert

 TAZ, hier

Digitale Souveränität: "Es gibt momentan im Internet keine Privatsphäre"

 Heise.de, hier

Aperta istruttoria nei confronti di ANIA in merito al “progetto antifrode” (con sviluppo algoritmi comuni) nei rami danni e vita

 AGCM, qui

How Private Is My Pay App?

 The Medium, here

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

 Vice, here

RULE BY DATA: THE END OF MARKETS?

 K. Pistor, here

Digital Regulation Handbook

 ITU, World Bank, here

Friday, November 13, 2020

Facebook v. CMA

 CAT, here

Uncertainty, or at least a specific kind of uncertainty

 FTC, here

The "external aspects" of the EU digital transformation agenda

 M. Vestager, here

Google Photos sets store by storage

 FT, here

Who Benefits from Financial Innovation?

 R. Mihet, here

The DSA: Part #04 Better connected through interoperability

EP Greens, here.  

Bank of England 's Bailey says stablecoins do not meet grade for broad use

 Reuters, here

Important projects of common European interest - Boosting EU strategic value chains

 EPRS, here

The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse

 The Atlantic, here

Just do it!? Nike will Händler in der EU ab 2021 nicht mehr beliefern

Onlinehaendler-news.de, hier

Le vrai défi posé par Amazon n’est pas de vendre quand les autres sont fermés mais la position dominante que lui donne la maîtrise de nos données

 F. Marty, ici

What’s Next for the Antitrust Case Against Google?

 AdWeek, here

The Global Antitrust Institute Report on the Digital Economy

 Here

Citizen-controlled health data sharing governance

Digital Health Europe, here.  

Towards New Tools in Competition Law: Some legal and economic considerations

 M. Cartapanis & F. Marty, here

Preisbindungsklauseln gegenüber Beherbergungsbetrieben sollen verboten werden

 CH Bundesrat, hier

Recommendations 01/2020 on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data

 EDPB, here

Bundesregierung strebt technologische Souveränität bei Chips an

 Heise.de, hier

The Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Has Charted a Course for President-Elect Biden: He Should Follow It

 H. Singer, here

COMPETITION AND E-COMMERCE

 Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Epic Gets Apple’s Theft Claim Knocked Out of Fortnite Fight

 Bloomberg, here

China’s banking regulator signals tougher fintech antitrust laws

 FT, here

Surprise: Latest Draft Of The EU's Next Big Privacy Law Includes Some Improvements

 TechDirt, here

Apple Pay becomes a must-have payment option for banks - Loup Ventures

 FinExtra, hier

Prinzip Mensch: Buchvorstellung und Diskussion

#GIWebTalk, hier

'Unfair surveillance'? Online exam software sparks global student revolt

 Thomson Reuters Foundation, here

GUIDELINES FOR SECURING THE INTERNET OF THINGS

 ENISA, here

Monday, November 09, 2020

Shaping the future interoperability policy

 ISA, here

The two sides of the (stable)coin

 F. Panetta, here

Replacing rentier capitalism is one of the defining challenges of our age

 Open Democracy, here

India opens antitrust case against Google over its payments app

 TechCrunch, here. CCI's Order here

What can Silicon Valley expect from Joe Biden?

 FT, here

Revisiting the Black Box Society by rethinking the political economy of big data

 B. Brevini and F. Pasquale, here

Setting democratic global standards for intelligence agencies: the way forward

CEO Webinar,
9 November 2020 (2 to 3.30pm CET), here

Data Governance and practices lessons during COVID-19

 IGF 2020 Main Session Data, here

A New Era of Innovation and Trust in Data

 T. Berners-Lee, here

Google app enables banks to lock Android devices over credit defaults

 FinExtra, here

Visa’s $5 billion bid for fintech darling Plaid sparks lawsuit by Justice Department

 MarketWatch, here

DoJ's Complaint here.

CMA's decision here

Emerging Architectures for Modern Data Infrastructure

 Andreessen Horowitz, here

Amsterdam and Helsinki become first cities to launch AI registers explaining how they use algorithms

 The NextWeb, here

Digitale Souveränität und Europa-Cloud Gaia-X: Viele Fragen im Digital-Ausschuss

 Heise.de, hier

DOJ V. GOOGLE – WIRD GOOGLE ZERSCHLAGEN?

J. Persch, hier.  

Parere alla Provincia autonoma di Trento su uno schema di regolamento concernente la medicina di iniziativa nel servizio sanitario provinciale

 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, qui

Digital Platforms and Ecosystems

Digital Platforms and the Changing Regulatory Landscape, Panel here (Richard Kramer not to be missed), here

The pandemic exposes human nature: 10 evolutionary insights

 B. Seitz et al., here

It's Not Just About You

 The Why Not Lab, here

What Robots Can’t Do: An interview with Frank Pasquale

Commonweal, here.  

EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES IMPACT ASSESSMENT PHASE IN ITS REVIEW OF THE VERTICAL BLOCK EXEMPTION REGULATION AND VERTICAL GUIDELINES

 Clifford Chance, here

The GDPR was the most lobbied law in EU history. DSA: Hold my beer

 Ofthewedge, here

The Internet of Bodies

 Rand Corporation, here

Google reCAPTCHA service under the microscope: Questions raised over privacy promises, cookie use

 The Register, here

Medienmäzen Google: Wie der Datenkonzern den Journalismus umgarnt

 Otto Brenner Stiftung, hier

Didattica online: individuati i punti critici, in tema di privacy e copyright, delle piattaforme utilizzate a supporto delle lezioni

 IlSole24Ore, here

Spotify to offer artists and labels the option to promote their music in your recommendations

 Fader, here (and listening to Spotify right now). 

She's Bursting Big Tech's Bubble

 Sway, Interview with Lina Khan, here

Beyond the buzzwords: Putting meaningful transparency at the heart of the Digital Services Act

M. Vestager, Keynote Speech delivered at Online Policy Dialogue hosted by AlgorithmWatch and the European Policy Centre on 30 October 2020, Video here

The Justice Department Finally—Finally!—Takes on Google and the Danger of Monopolies

 C. Doctorow, here

Bericht der Enquete-Kommission Künstliche Intelligenz – Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung und wirtschaftliche, soziale und ökologische Potenziale

 Hier.

§ 19a GWB: Welche Unternehmen sind betroffen?

 S. Louven, hier

This election season, Facebook, Google and the rest have embraced their role as gatekeepers.

 NYTimes, here

German EU presidency pushes for cybersecurity ‘by design’ in connected devices

 Euractiv, here

Privacy campaigners file legal challenge against UK’s handling of online ads

 Politico.eu, here

Cross-context behavioral advertising



Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)

 Here

The volcano method for understanding the fintech revolution

 TechCrunch, here

Dark patterns

Forbrukerradet, here

Facebook Begins Controversial Integration of Messenger, Instagram

Digital Privacy News, here

Innovation Considerations in Horizontal Merger Control

 Antitrust Digest, here

The data will see you now

 Ada Lovelace Institute, here

Netflix files copyright claims against tweets criticizing movie, trailer

 Ars Technica, here

FTC likely to sue Facebook on antitrust violations by end of November

 Politico.com, here