Neue Wege in der wirtschaftsrechtlichen Rechtsdurchsetzung: Der Digital Markets Act

 R. Podszun, here.

Navigating the Strait of Leipzig: 5,000 euros in damages to a Meta's end user for processing personal data on third-party websites

 

From the Strait of Messina, where Scylla and Charybdis lurked, to an imaginary Strait of Leipzig, where a judge has just awarded damages to a Facebook/Instagram (?) user for a GDPR breach that reverberates with much of what was discussed in the marathon post on the DMA Meta 5(2) non-compliance decision (🍎🍏🟠). Not being too put off by the Trockenheit of German legal prose (survived practising and doing research as a young lawyer in Biergärten-full Munich), this ruling is nothing short of thrilling...Why not jotting down a couple of observations? 

You Wavesblog Reader are no longer a Spanish Facebook user but a German user not at all enjoying reading gardening websites (your last Bavarian geraniums died off long ago, with no regrets) but you have an health issue (sorry for that!) and spend a lot of time surfing the Internet and spending time specifically on websites like apotheken.de, shopapotheke. de, docmorris.de, aerzte.de, helios-gesundheit.de, jameda.de (You tried out ChatGPT too but are far from trusting its advice).

Google to Pay $2.4 Billion in Deal to License Tech of Coding Startup, Hire CEO

 WSJ, here. 

Competition authorities are a bit distracted, as of late. Too little of real value or impact has been learned or done. Those who at least tried (Previous CMA, FTC under Lina Khan,  DOJ under Jonathan Kanter) have been muted or removed. But, of course, we can all keep busy writing submissions and/or watching webinars.