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

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

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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.