Apple darf nicht behaupten, alle iPhones seien verfügbar

Heise.de, hier. 

EU to veto Siemens, Alstom rail merger: sources

Reuters, here.

#EUcompdigit: some (personal) visual memories

  
 

Privacy campaigner Schrems slaps Amazon, Apple, Netflix, others with GDPR data access complaints

TechCrunch, here. 

Netflix: Fortnite is a bigger rival than HBO

WashingtonPost, here. 

In Utrecht or thereabouts next Monday afternoon? Come and join us for a BIG discussion!

Workshop: Smart data and Competition Law, Utrecht University, more info here. 

La forme des choix

LINC, ici. 

Smart glasses and data protection

EDPS, Technology Report No 1, here. 

Responsibility in the Age of Emerging Technology

P. Nemitz, here. 

Examining Copyright Protection of AI-Generated Art

C. Dee, here (p. 31 ff.).

The Unwanted Sharing Economy: An Analysis of Cookie Syncing and User Transparency under GDPR

T. Urban et al., here. 

Shaping competition policy in the era of digitisation

You can re-watch THE EU Competition Conference here 

Jean Tirole at #EUcompdigit

Video, here. 

Margrethe Vestager's Addresses #EUcompdigit

Video, here. 

Tracking technology to reveal whether food produced legally and sustainably

The Guardian, here. 

Commission approves BASF's acquisition of Solvay's nylon business, subject to conditions

EC Press Release, here. 

For teens, digital technology is good. Or bad. Or maybe neutral?

Ars Technica, here. 

Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

BBC News, here. 

Netflix, Spotify & YouTube: Eight Strategic Complaints filed on “Right to Access”

Noyb, here. 

ICYMI (and ICIFAT - In Case I Forget About Them)

Amazon and the Law of the Jungle, here.
Android Remedies: Tearing Down the Wall, here.
Geo-blocking of Audio-visual Services in the EU: Gone with the Wind?, here.
Sabbiere, innovazione e concorrenza: il caso fintech, qui.

Google Spends $40 Million for Fossil Watch Tech to Fight Apple

Bloomberg, here. 

Congress needs to address consumer data privacy in a responsible and modern manner

The Hill, here. 

How Tracking And Selling Our Data Became A Business Model

WBUR, Audio here. 

Capturing the Classroom

GTP, here. 

Facebook and Google Are the New Data Brokers

C. Hoofnagle, here. 

Ist die Bank N26 wirklich so toll?

FAZ, hier. 

Disruption is thriving in unexpected areas

FT, here. 

AG Szpunar advises CJEU to rule that quotation exception is not limitless and that there is no fair use in the EU

IPKitten, here. 

AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source

Stratechery, here. 

Wyoming Lawmakers Advance Blockchain ‘Sandbox’ Bill

Coindesk, here. 

A Grand Bargain on Data Privacy Legislation for America

ITIF, here.
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Der Jäger der missbrauchten Daten

Republik.ch, hier. 

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ Review: The New Big Brother

WSJ, here. 

Die zweite EU-Richtlinie zu Zahlungsdiensten hat eine Revolution im Verborgenen ausgelöst

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Fake News, Real Money: Ad Tech Platforms, Profit-Driven Hoaxes, and the Business of Journalism

J. Braun, J. Eklund, here. 

Große Koalition nimmt WhatsApp ins Visier

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Gartner Predicts for the Future of Privacy 2019

Gartner, here. 

Colonised by data: the hollowing out of digital society

M. Pirogan, here. 

Fusion Alstom-Siemens : « La constitution d’un Airbus du ferroviaire sera-t-elle favorable pour le consommateur européen ? »

Le Monde, ici. 

Buying a new purse? This startup wants to help you pay for it — but could also get you into debt.

Vox, here. 

Market Dominance in Chip Manufacturing Will Mean Higher Prices

InsideSources, here. 

Facial and emotional recognition; how one man is advancing artificial intelligence

CBS, video here. 

Japan’s Robot Hotel Just Laid Off Half Its Robots

Futurism, here. 

Facebook’s Privacy Problems Get Real in Germany

Bloomberg, here. 

WeChat is quietly ranking user behavior to play catch-up with Alibaba

TechCrunch, here. 

PRESSURE MOUNTS ON AMAZON, MICROSOFT, AND GOOGLE AGAINST SELLING FACIAL RECOGNITION TO GOVERNMENT

ACLU, here. 

Antitrust’s Messy Breakup Fallacy

R. Woodcock, here. 

The Most Powerful Person in Tech Is … David Cicilline?

Bloomberg, here. 

Thieves of Experience: How Google and Facebook Corrupted Capitalism

LA Review of Books, here. 

« Les deux visages des fusions-acquisitions »

E. Combe, ici. 

Facebook made a $300 million pledge to help journalists — just like Google did last year

Recode, here. 

FINA RELAXES RULES, WON’T BAN ATHLETES FOR COMPETING IN NON-FINA MEETS

SwimSwam, here. 

Open banking quietly delayed

InnovationAus, here. 

Good Data Ethics

A. Zeffiro, here. 

Korea to tear down barriers to fintech innovation

FinExtra, here. 

FACEBOOK'S '10 YEAR CHALLENGE' IS JUST A HARMLESS MEME—RIGHT?

Wired, here. 

After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges in Europe — and kept growing ad revenue

DigiDay, here. 

Planet49: pre-ticked agreement with clauses in terms and conditions.

GAVCLaw, here. 

PayPal Holdings, Inc / iZettle AB merger inquiry: Issues Statement

CMA, here. 

Basic Private Auctions Are ‘Going The Way Of The Dinosaur’ As Programmatic Cleans Up

AdExchanger, here. 

THE QUEST TO TOPPLE SCIENCE-STYMYING ACADEMIC PAYWALLS

J. Ito, here. 

Data-rich Markets: The Best of Possible Worlds?

ICLE, here (heavily redacted title ;-) - SV), here. 

Experian responds

Here; Appendices here. 

ONLINE ADVERTISING: TRENDS, BENEFITS AND RISKS FOR CONSUMERS

OECD Digital Economy Paper No.272, here. 

Geo-blocking of Audio-visual Services in the EU: Gone with the Wind?

S. Vezzoso (this Blog's Author), here.



(...years waiting for this moment)

BLOCKING THE DATA STALKERS

New Economics Foundation, here. 

La ACCO considera discriminatorio y restrictivo de la competencia imponer a los VTC’s la obligación que se les pre-contraten los servicios con una antelación mínima de 6 horas.

ACCO, Nota de Prensa aquí.

Kartellamt knöpft sich Facebook vor

Bild.de, hier. 

When data is capital: Datafication, accumulation, and extraction

J. Sadowski, here. 

CONFERENCE DEBRIEFING (5A): WIE GEFÄHRLICH SIND BIG DATA, KÜNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ UND ALGORITHMEN FÜR DEN WETTBEWERB?

A. Rösner, hier. 

“Alexa, play some music” isn’t the only time Amazon is listening to you.

J. Voiovich, here. 

The Creative Industries

J. Waldfogel, here. 

From Mad Men to Maths Men: Concentration and Buyer Power in Online Advertising

F. Decarolis, G. Rovigatti, here. 

Data Brokers Co-Opetition

Y. Gu, L. Madio, C. Reggiani, here. 

S.M.A.R.T.

FTC v. Qualcomm: Trial and Implications?

Orrick, here. 

India central bank convenes digital payments panel

FinExtra, here. 

Coopération, dépendance et éviction. Quelle appréhension concurrentielle des liens inter-entreprises dans les écosystèmes de téléphonie mobile ?

F. Marty, J. Pillot, ici. 

AI for international economists

R. Baldwin, here.

Status quo on fighting planned obsolescence

Recent-ecl.blogspot.com, here. 

Why Regulators Went Soft on Monopolies

J. Tepper, here. 

Vente-Privée et « l’illusion de faire une bonne affaire » : le site rejette les accusations

Numérama, here.

Auf die digitale folgt die analoge Revolution

NZZ, hier. 

'Rule of Trust': The Power and Perils of China’s Social Credit Megaproject

Y.-J. Chen, C.-F.Lin, H.-W. Liu, here.

Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma, and the Quest to Kill eBay

S. Yegge, here. 

Female Economists Push Their Field Toward a #MeToo Reckoning

NYTimes, here. 

Automatorts: How Should Accident Law Adapt to Autonomous Vehicles? Lessons from Law and Economics

E. Talley, here. 

Liability Rules in the Internet of Things: Why Traditional Legal Relations Encourage Modern Technological Innovation

R. Epstein, here.

Open Banking year one: Insights from the CMA9 and more

FinExtra, here. 

Le lien unissant un chauffeur et Uber reconnu « contrat de travail »

Le Monde, ici. 

What if algorithms could abide by ethical principles?

STOA, here.

Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm

NYTimes, here. 

The California Consumer Privacy Act will have a significant business impact on the digital advertising industry.

IAB, here

Congress spends $0 on independent assessments of technology issues

Washington Post, here. 

German watchdog deals new blow to Alstom-Siemens rail tie-up

FT, here. 

Online Manipulation: Hidden Influences in a Digital World

D. Susser, B. Rossler, H. Nissenbaum, here. 

Apple Admits The Obvious: User Repairs Harm The Bottom Line

TechDirt, here. 

Preview

Professors Hartzog and Richards Insist It’s Time to Try Something Different on Internet Privacy

TAP, here. 

Should we think of Big Tech as Big Brother?

FT, here.