Online platforms and digital advertising: Market study interim report

pages (glossary included)

CMA, here.

• Appendix A: The legal framework 
• Appendix B: Summary of responses to our statement of scope 
• Appendix C: Market outcomes 
• Appendix D: Profitability of Google and Facebook 
• Appendix E: The role of data 
• Appendix F: Consumer control over data collection 
• Appendix G: Summary of research on consumers’ attitudes and behaviour 
• Appendix H: Intermediation in digital advertising 
• Appendix I: Potential practices to be tackled through a code of conduct 
• Appendix J: Potential interventions in general search 
• Appendix K: Potential interventions in social media 
• Appendix L: Potential approaches to improving personal data mobility (
• Appendix M: Potential interventions in digital advertising 
• Glossary 

UK data watchdog promises no regulatory changes before the New Year

The Drum, here. 

Exploring anonymity in central bank digital currencies

ECB, here. 

Internet Giants, Defied by Bitcoin, Now See Its Tech as a Remedy

NYTimes, here.
More here. 

Guidelines Concerning Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position in Transactions between Digital Platform Operators and Consumers that Provide Personal Information

Japan FTC, here. 

Amazon slams media for not saying nice things about AWS, denies it strip-mines open-source code for huge profits

The Register, here. 

Japan to Tighten Screws on Tech Giants to Ensure Transparency

NYTimes, here. 

US: PNC blocks Venmo, tells users to Switch to Zelle

CPI, here. 

Data governance : Ethical, Political & Legal Challenges

GFAIH_SESSION 2, video here.

Tech *Pour* Good?

P. Méda, Vidéo ici. 

Faut-il remettre au pas les Big Techs qui « stérilisent l’innovation » ?

Larevuedudigital.com, ici. 

A genuine innovation in capitalism: big fines for treating consumers unfairly

D. Stalibrass, here. 

Amazon’s third-party merchants are now barred from using FedEx Ground for Prime shipments

TechCrunch, here. 

The Internet & Jurisdiction Global Status Report 2019

Secretariat of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, here.  

Twitter Wants Social Media to Be More Like Email

PCMag, here. 

Decentralized Finance – ein Protokoll-basiertes Finanzsystem

Blockchain-stuttgart.de, hier. 

Twitter tries to find another way to solve the censorship dilemma

Telecoms.com, here. 

U.S. Antitrust Policy: A Discussion with Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim

Hudson Institute, Video here. 

Japan to keep tight leash on Big Tech in antitrust push

Nikkei, here. 

ANTITRUST IN TIMES OF UPHEAVAL: CONFERENCE DEBRIEFING

R. Podszun, here. 

For me, the most remarkable antitrust development this year is...

V. Kathuria, here. 

Anticipated acquisition by Amazon of a minority shareholding and certain rights in Deliveroo

CMA, here. 

Google’s $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit faces DOJ probe: sources

New York Post, here. 

One year anniversary of the Consumer Council’s complaint against Google´s location tracking

Forbrukerradet, here. 

Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World

NYTimes, here. 

Félix Tréguer : «L’informatique accentue les rapports de pouvoir plus qu’elle n’égalise les rapports de force»

Libé, ici. 

Google warns Turkish partners over new Android phones amid dispute

Reuters, here. 

Margrethe Vestager examines EU curbs on state-backed foreign companies

FT, here. 

Greed is dead

TLS, here. 

Lessons From the First Digital Gold Boom

CoinDesk, here. 

On the Privacy Implications of Real Time Bidding

M. Ahmad Bashir, here.

The Growing Trend of Ecosystems Within Financial Services

The Fintech Times, here. 

EuGH: Marke "Der Grüne Punkt" der Duales System Deutschland GmbH ist doch nicht überwiegend wegen Verfalls zu löschen

Beckmann und Norda, hier. 

Competition watchdog investigates Viagogo over £3bn StubHub takeover

The Guardian, here. 

Apple buys UK photography start-up Spectral Edge

FT, here. 

Chillin’Competition Conference 2019- The Videos

Here. 

Review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation: Results Inside and Outside the Public Consultation

EC, here. 

Does the doctrine of exhaustion apply to videogames purchased digitally? French court says oui

M. Rucz, here. 

A sign referring to marijuana may not, as the law currently stands, be registered as an EU trade mark

EU GC, here. 

DRAFT ISSUES PAPER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

WIPO Secretariat, here. 

Intelligence artificielle, innovation et propriétés intellectuelles

LexRadio, ici. 

30 RECOMMENDATIONS ON REGULATION, INNOVATION AND FINANCE

EU ROFIEG, here. 

DATA-INFORMED DUTIES IN AI DEVELOPMENT

F. Pasquale, here. 

TRUST, DECENTRALIZATION, AND THE BLOCKCHAIN

A. Guadamuz, here. 

Sharing is caring? That depends…

EDPS, here. 

AINow 2019 Report

Here. 

Towards a bolder Annual Report on EU Competition Policy

Renew Europe, here.

Competition/Antitrust Rap

P. Marsden, Video here. 

High-Priced Acquisitions of Tech Startups Do Not Always Stimulate More Innovation

Pro-Market, here. 

Privacy in the EU and US: Consumer experiences across three global platforms

TACD, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, here. 

Report on Experience Gained in the Implementation of the GDPR

 Conference of Independent German Federal and State Data Protection Supervisory Authorities (DSK), here. 

Steel manufacturers fined approx. 646 million euros for agreeing on prices of quarto plates

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

The deployment of algorithms and Artificial Intelligence systems in markets

N. Petit, here. 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INNOVATION FAILURES AND INSTITUTIONS IN CONTEXT

B. Frischmann, M. McKenna, here. 

CONFRONTING BLACK BOXES

AI Now Institute, here. 

Regulating in the digital age

AU Government Response and Implementation Roadmap for the Digital Platforms Inquiry, here. 

Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

M. Masnick, here. 

India proposes first major data protection law

FT, here. 

The EU’s Whistleblowing Directive

Orrick, here. 

JAYAPAL PRESSES GOOGLE ON HEALTH DATA COLLECTION

Letter here. 

Competition Policy in a Globalized, Digitalized Economy

WEF, here. 

A Payments System for the Digital Economy

P. Lowe, here. 

Forward together - the socio-economic dimension of cash and remittances

J. Beermann, here. 

The Digital Roadmap: how developing countries can get ahead

Pathways for Prosperity Commission, here. 

Exploitative Conducts in Digital Markets: Time for a Discussion after the Facebook Decision

M. Botta, K. Wiedemann, here. 

Framing the Chicago School of Antitrust Analysis

H. Hovenkamp, F. Scott Morton, here. 

Big tech's next prey: Big Finance

Axios, here. 

Sanofi will Biotechfirma Synthorx für 2,5 Milliarden Dollar kaufen

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Brussels asks news groups to describe data deals with Google

FT, here. 

Microsoft’s GitHub mulls expansion in China

The Economist, here. 

Defining markets in a new age

M. Vestager, here. 

BMW Sues Air Conditioning Suppliers Over Price Fixing

NYTimes, here. 

NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed.

Buzzfeednews, here. 

Embraer investor wants EU to block "killer" Boeing deal

Reuters, here. 

IS IT TIME TO BREAK UP BIG TECH?

Bu.edu, here. 

The laws protecting our data are too weak

Yahoo.com, here. 

General principles for the use of Artificial Intelligence in the financial sector

Dutch Central Bank, here. 

La Libra, un stablecoin aux multiples enjeux juridiques

Dl4t.org, ici. 

Bitcoin: the Good and the Bad

M. Rauchs, TedTalk here. 

China survey shows high concern over facial recognition abuse

FT, here. 

Facebook Gets $4m Fine From Hungary for Claim Services Are Free

Bloomberg, here. 

Chinese Courts and Internet Judiciary.

Supreme People’s Court (SPC), here. 

Data-Driven and Digital Procurement Governance: Revisiting Two Well-Known Elephant Tales

A. Sanchez-Graells, here. 

Third-party dependencies in cloud services

FSB, here. 

BigTech in finance

FSB, here. 

France Plans a Revolution to Rein in the Kings of Big Tech

Wired, here. 

Is the fintech bubble bursting?

FT, here. 

WIE ALGORITHMEN VERSTÄNDLICH WERDEN

Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, hier. 

Pseudonymisation techniques and best practices

Enisa, here. 

Evaluation der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung aus Verbrauchersicht

Gutachten im Auftrag des Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverbands e.V. (vzbv), hier. 

Portability and Interoperability

Stratechery, here.

Data Portability and Platform Competition

G. Nicholas and M. Weinberg, here.

Sebastian Louven: „Mit ApplePay hatte der Smartphonehersteller die Finanzbranche eiskalt erwischt“

ESV, hier. 

Daten teilen für digitalen Fortschritt

SPD, hier.

Assessing Innovation Theories of Harm in EU Merger Control

S. Solidoro, here. 

Consciously decoupling the US economy

FT, here. 

He Gave a Cryptocurrency Talk in North Korea. The U.S. Arrested Him.

NYTimes, here. 

Explaining decisions made with AI

ICO, Alan Turing Institute:
The basics, here;
Explaining AI in practice, here;
What explaining AI means for your organisation, here.

Data Services Market Inquiry: Final Report Presentation

South Africa Competition Commission, Video here.
Final Report's SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, here. 

Wo fängt Marktmachtmissbrauch in Zeiten von Algorithmen und Datensammlern an?

#DigitalerMut mit @AdDeuschle, Podcast hier. 

Data, technology and policy coordination

A. Carstens, here. 

COMPETITION FOR-THE-MARKET: TACKLING THE INCUMBENCY ADVANTAGE

E. Iossa for the OECD, here. 

Summaries of the various written contributions received for the discussion on "Merger control in dynamic markets"

OECD, here. 

CONFERENCE DEBRIEFING (16): DIE 10. GWB-NOVELLE BEIM 6. BERLINER KOLLOQUIUM DES FIW

D'Kart, hier. 

Digital power at the service of humanity

M. Vestager, here (my very own copy with highlights as I currently can't find it back on the EC's website)

EU spotlight on Big Tech

FT, here. 

UK competition watchdog invites to comment on Google’s $2.6bn Looker deal

FT, here. 

Updating Competition Policy for the Digital Economy? An Analysis of Recent Reports in Germany, UK, EU, and Australia

W. Kerber, here. 

Google Accused by Rival of Antitrust Violations in Ad Market

Bloomberg, here.
Complaint, here. 

Große DSGVO-Verfahren: Deutsche Datenschützer wollen die Iren zum Jagen tragen

Heise.de, hier. 

EU antitrust regulators seek details of Google's data practices: document

Reuters, here. 

L’EUROPE FACE AUX NATIONALISMES ÉCONOMIQUES AMÉRICAIN ET CHINOIS (1) POLITIQUE DE CONCURRENCE ET INDUSTRIE EUROPÉENNE

Fondapol.org, here/ici.

More (or Less) Economic Limits of the Blockchain

N. Gandal, J. Gans, here. 

US-Kartelluntersuchung soll Apples neue Datenschutzfunktionen prüfen

Heise.de, hier. 

Shipper anger at EC extension to shipping consortia block exemption regulation

TheLoadStar, here. 

Towards the retail payments of tomorrow: a European strategy

B. Cœuré, here. 

Data flows in international trade: what are the governance options?

ODI, here. 

The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets

J. Furman, here. 

A Guide on the use of cookies

AEPD, here. 

Bank-Manager über PSD2: Datenteilen nutzt vor allem Google, Facebook und Apple

Heise.de, hier. 

Axel Springer unit, others say Google still playing unfairly, want EU to act

Reuters, here. 

Proceeding against Deutsche Bahn AG - Bundeskartellamt examines possible anticompetitive impediment of mobility platforms

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Even Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency Can Spill Your Secrets

Wired, here. 

« L'antitrust doit prendre en compte la protection des données personnelles », déclare la présidente de la CNIL Irlandaise

LesEchos, ici. 

Untersuchung der Umsetzung der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) durch Online-Dienste

Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, hier. 

Innovation in Financial Services: A Regulator’s Perspective

E. Sibley, here. 

If a monopoly gives away free services is it a problem?

FT, here. 

Bundestag beschließt „Lex ApplePay“

BargeldlosBlog, hier. 

Connected car prices may rise if Qualcomm wins antitrust case: auto makers

Reuters, here. 

SURVEILLANCE GIANTS: HOW THE BUSINESS MODEL OF GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK THREATENS HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty International, here. 

FAIR play in geoscience data

Nature.com, here. 

The World Trade Organization Is Dying. What Should Replace It?

NYTimes, here. 

Independent Sector Regulators

BEUC, here. 

Chinese tech groups shaping UN facial recognition standards

FT, here. 

Prime Mover: How Amazon Wove Itself Into the Life of an American City

NYTimes, here. 

EU investigates Google data collection practices

Engadget, here. 

Industriestrategie 2030

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), hier. 

The State of Online Privacy and Data Security

M. Cantwell, here.

US floats approval process for tech that poses security threat

FT, here. 

Tech Nationalism 5G, Cybersecurity and Trade

IGF 2019, Video here. 

New Directions in Privacy and Competition Policy

Forbes, here. 

Human Rights and Digital Platforms

IGF 2019, Video (from 4:40), here. 

Principles for a human-centric, thriving and balanced data economy

EU2019.fi, here. 

A Roadmap for a Fair Data Economy

L. Ilves and D. Osimo, here. 

Position Paper on National and European Champions in Merger Control

Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde, here. 

Enhancing Access to and Sharing of Data

OECD, here. 

What Can Be Done? Digital Media Policy Options for Strengthening European Democracy

R. Kleis Nielsen, R. Gorwa, and M. de Cock Buning, here. 

WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EAT THE LAW? THE RISE OF HYBRID SOCIAL-ORDERING SYSTEMS

T. Wu, here. 

Amazon Doesn’t Favor Its Own Brands—Except When It Does

Wired, here. 

The Second Wave of Algorithmic Accountability

F. Pasquale, here. 

Kill Zone

S. Kamepalli, R. Rajan, L. Zingales, here. 

Facebook and Twitter say hundreds of users accidentally gave improper access to personal data through third-party apps

Cnbc, here. 

Leaving Hotel California: Promoting alternatives to the internet giants

IGF 2019, Video (from 2:28:27), here.

The Clash of Codes

IGF 2019, Video here. 

Data Governance and Competition

IGF 2019, 26 Nov at 9.30 am, streaming here.

ICN’s Merger Working Group held a teleseminar on digital mergers

J. Neely, here.

Uber Is Fighting to Survive in London After Losing Its License

NYTimes, here. 

Google runs into data fears over $2.1bn Fitbit deal

FT, here. 

GOOD PRACTICES FOR SECURITY OF SMART CARS

ENISA, here. 

Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web

The Guardian, here. 

FSFE begrüßt CDU Parteitagsbeschluss zum verpflichtenden Einsatz Freier Software

FSFE, hier. 

Privacy 2030: A New Vision for Europe

Iapp, here. 

'Privacy 2030'

C. D'Cunha, here. 

Report of the Competition Law Review Committee

Here. 

German car manufacturers fined for anticompetitive practices in the purchase of steel

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Games consoles: The Autorité launches a market consultation

Adlc, here. 

Faster and more effective enforcement of competition rules in digital markets - the complementary role of ex ante regulation

EP, Question for written answer, here. 

Competing funeral businesses in a tiny and saturated market

Wooden Overcoats, Podcast here. 

"My jokes will still work"

S. Baron Cohen, Video here. 

Guidelines 4/2019 on Article 25 Data Protection by Design and by Default

EDPB, here. 

Privacy and competition in an age of data

M. Vestager, here. 

The CNMC investigates the possible use of price algorithms to facilitate collusion in the real estate brokerage market

A. Robles Martín-Laborda, here.

Valuing data is tricky but crucial for the public good

D. Coyle, here. 

Amazon admits to Congress that it uses ‘aggregated’ data from third-party sellers to come up with its own products

CNBC, here.  Amazon's responses here. 

China goes full digital with its currency market

Fintech Finance, here. 

Antitrust and High Tech, Platform Companies - A New Future for Antitrust?

University of Utah October 25-26, Video here.

Ad tech industry questions intentions behind Google’s latest privacy moves

Digiday, here. 

Unearthing the complete set of harms to patients and innovation

R. Chopra, here. 

Integration and Monopoly

Stratechery, here. 

The Utah Statement: Reviving Antimonopoly Traditions for the Era of Big Tech

T. Wu, here. 

„Lex ApplePay“ – Sternstunden in Berlin und woanders

Paymentandbanking, hier. 

Big Tech Acquisitions and the Potential Competition Doctrine: The Case of Facebook

M. Glick, C. Ruetschlin, here. 

Facebook's Libra testnet has logged over 51,000 transactions, deployed 34 projects

The Block, here. 

Supreme Court to Hear Google and Oracle Copyright Case

NYTimes, here (my prehistoric take on some of the still central issues here).

Apple warns of risks from German law to open up mobile payments

Reuters, here. 

Competition policy cannot be responsible of everything

A. Faya, here. 

States’ massive Google antitrust probe will expand into search and Android businesses

CNBC, here. 

AI regulation in the EU: The risks of a human-rights based approach

Fingleton, here. 

Les bacs à sable réglementaires

Petit-déjeuner de la Chaire Gouvernance et Régulation, ici. 

Enough With the Big Corporate Mergers

N. Colin, here. 

ACCESS TO CONSUMERS’ DATA IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

BEUC, here. 

Google-Fitbit Deal Should Be Blocked by U.S., Groups Say

Bloomberg, here. 

Protocols As Minimally Extractive Coordinators

Placeholder.vc, here. 

Apple launches research app in push to gather users’ health data

FT, here. 

AI Coverage Best Practices, According to AI Researchers

SkyNetToday, here. 

Avis sur la proposition de loi du pays interdisant l'importation et la distribution de certains écrans solaires contenant des perturbateurs endocriniens

Autorité de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, ici. 

Data for money: App facilitating data portability now under the EDPB's scrutiny

Iapp, here. 

Data Network Effects: The Example of Internet Search

M. Schaefer, G. Sapi, here. 

Lex Apple Pay: Kopfschmerzen in Cupertino? Der Kommentar von Rudolf Linsenbarth

IT Finanzmagazin, hier. 

Data, technology and policy coordination

A. Carstens, here. 

Google plan to lock down user data draws fire from advertisers

FT, here. 

Data Trusts: Why, What and How

Algotithm Watch, here. 

EU needs to get its own digital house in order

FT, here. 

Facebook Launches Its Venmo Competitor, and What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Gizmodo, here.

More Pros and Cons of Vertical Restraints

Swedish competition authority, here

Facebook Pay consolidates payments across apps

FinExtra, here. 

The Spectacular Rise and Fall of WeWork

Bloomberg, Video here. 

A tale of two money markets - fragmentation or concentration

B. Cœuré, here. 

UK AI - Where are we now?

C. Middleton, here. 

The Geography of Innovation: Local Hotspots, Global Networks

WIPO, here. 

The Google Squeeze

Stratechery, here. 

Technical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence: An Understanding from an Intellectual Property Law Perspective

J. Drexl et al, here. 

EU looks to join digital currency wave in response to Libra

FinExtra, here. 

China is Pushing Toward Global Blockchain Dominance

Wired, here. 

The Dark Psychology of Social Networks

The Atlantic, here. 

Let´s call a spade a spade: abuse of power in the digital economy must end

BEUC, here. 

What Google’s access to health data means for Fitbit deal

Politico.com, here. 

Un an après le séisme Cnil, les acteurs du drive to store voient le bout du tunnel

Journal du Net, ici. 

Practical competition policy implications of digital platforms

D. Coyle, here. 

What risks arise from the increasing importance of bigtech players in the world of payments?

B. Balz, here. 

U.S. v. Sabre: Putting the Innovation Theory of Harm to the Test?

Orrick, here. 

SSNIPPETS (35): FALL OF THE WALL

D'Kart, here. 

Germany calls on EU to tighten grip on Big Tech

FT, here. 

Germany’s Pressing Ahead: The Proposal for a Reformed Competition Act

R. Podszun, F. Brauckmann, here. 

SPD will mit staatlicher Agentur Datenmonopol von Internetkonzernen brechen

Handelsblatt, hier. 

China regulator warns e-commerce platforms to stop monopolistic practices

Reuters, here. 

How Google Edged Out Rivals and Built the World’s Dominant Ad Machine: A Visual Guide

WSJ, here. 

Bill Gates thinks Windows Mobile would have beaten Android without Microsoft’s antitrust woes

The Verge, here. 

China: Doch keine weiteren Beschränkungen für Bitcoin-Mining

Heise.de, hier. 

Comparative Competition Law

CCL, here. 

Consummated Merger of Microprocessor Prosthetic Knee Companies Was Anticompetitive

FTC, here. 

Completed acquisition by Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. of Experian Limited’s Experian Payments Gateway Business and related assets

CMA, Decision to refer here. 

Corporate Surveillance of Everyday Life. How Companies Use Personal Data against People

W. Christl, here. 

77m Ltd v Ordnance Survey Ltd

Here. 

Why Facebook’s data-sharing initiative is faltering

FT, here. 

EU's Vestager says Google's antitrust proposal not helping shopping rivals

Reuters, here. 

How the GDPR Approaches Algorithmic Accountability

TAP, here. 

Powerful Coalition Pushes Back on Anti-Tech Fervor

NYTimes, here. 

A Guide to Privacy by Design

AEPD, here. 

Die EU bastelt an einem Recht auf Reparatur

Heise.de, hier. 

Decentralised digital ecosystems and competition law: a conceptual framework

R. Nicholls, S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here (very first draft, please do let us know if you have any comments!).

Margrethe Vestager at the 2019 Web Summit

Video, from 7:10:17, here. 

Federal Reserve Proposal to Develop Round-the-Clock, Real-Time Payments System FedNow Service: Comment

R. Chopra, here. 

Algorithmes et IA : quid des risques de réplication et d’aggravation des biais sociaux ?

F. Marty, ici.

More serious concerns over Facebook's candor with federal regulators

Not using this image lightly

Here. 

Fitbit is doomed: Here's why everything Google buys turns to garbage

ZDNet, here. 

Microsoft has big plans for its new Edge browser

TechCrunch, here. 

Leaked documents show Facebook leveraged user data to fight rivals and help friends

NBC News, here. 

Google übernimmt Fitbit: So können Sie Ihre Daten löschen

Wettbewerbszentrale, hier. 

Algorithms and Competition

Autorité de la concurrence, Bundeskartellamt, here. 

BBVA exprime la normativa digital con pagos y créditos 'express' a clientes de otros bancos

VozPopuli, aquì.

What is Google going to do with your Fitbit data? Anything it likes

Wired, here. 

Competition for-the-market: Advocacy & Enforcement in Concessions

OECD Background Paper, here. 

COMPETITION POLICY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

OECD Background Paper, here. 

Open Banking: Regulatory Challenges for a New Form of Financial Intermediation in a Data-Driven World

N. Remolina, here. 

Restrictions on Privacy and Exploitation in the Digital Economy: A Competition Law Perspective

N. Economides, I. Lianos, here.

Facial recognition: A solution in search of a problem?

EDPS, here. 

CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITION LAW

S. Holmes, here. 

Canada's competition watchdog investigating travel site Flighthub

CBC, here. 

Google’s CSS Auction: Different Name, Same Illegal Conduct

Search Neutrality, here. 

Monopolization in the Name of Privacy: Google Is Slowly But Steadily Closing Its Advertising Ecosystem

H. Singer, here. 

IIF’s panel on the Future of Money

Video, here. 

The Government will share the Spanish financial and health data with companies

VozPopuli, here. 

Facebook reportedly was in talks to buy Fitbit before Google was

The Verge, here. 

Anti-Hipster Antitrust

J. Newman, here. 

What Google's Fitbit Buy Means for the Future of Wearables

Wired, here. 

Elements of Zuboff’s surveillance capitalism

G. Greenleaf, here. 

Entwurf eines Gesetzes für eine bessere Versorgung durch Digitalisierung und Innovation

Deutscher Bundestag, hier.  

Teens Love TikTok. Silicon Valley Is Trying to Stage an Intervention.

NYTimes, here. 

Apple Pay in EU antitrust spotlight as regulators seek details

Reuters, here. 

INTRODUCTION TO THE HASH FUNCTION AS A PERSONAL DATA PSEUDONYMISATION TECHNIQUE

EDPS, here. 

WSJCoin: To Understant Cryptocurrencies, We Created One

Video, here. 

I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too.

NYTimes, here. 

Global Think-in: The Code of Capital

Podcast, here. 

EU-Parlamentsvize Barley will Aufspaltung von Amazon

Presse-Augsburg.de, hier.

Rana Foroohar on taming big tech

FT, Podcast here. 

Pixel Watch : pourquoi le rachat de Fitbit est une excellente affaire pour Google

Numérama, ici

Commission opens investigation into possible collusion by two French retailers in a purchasing alliance

EC, here. 

Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragte verhängt Bußgeld gegen Immobiliengesellschaft

Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, here. 

A Libra Co-Creator on How Facebook Will Make Money From Calibra

Unchained, Podcast here.

Bedroht Facebooks eigene Währung das staatliche Geldmonopol? Bundesbankvorstand Wuerme­ling sieht große Risiken

SZ, hier. 

CONFERENCE DEBRIEFING (15): FORUM UNTERNEHMENSRECHT ZUR 10. GWB NOVELLE

D'Kart, here. 

Banking on Your Data: the Role of Big Data in Financial Services

US House Financial Services Committee, Task Force on Financial Technology, November 21 at 9:30 AM, streaming here. 

Was That the Best Subtweet Ever?

K. Swisher, here. 

Report regarding Fact-Finding Survey on Digital Platforms: Summary

Japan FTC, here. 

Europe ‘a global trendsetter on tech regulation’

FT, here. And the Report here. 

China Announces New Regulatory Authority to Certify Digital Payments, Blockchain Products

Coindesk, here. 

The U.S. Only Pretends to Have Free Markets

T. Philippon, here. 

Restrictions on Privacy and Exploitation in the Digital Economy: A Competition Law Perspective

N. Economides, I. Lianos, here. 

Google sued by ACCC after allegedly misleading customers over location data collection

Google, here. 

HOW MUCH BRANDEIS DO THE NEO-BRANDEISIANS WANT?

D. Crane, here. 

RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT AND FACILITATE REGULATORY CO-OPERATION BETWEEN DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITIES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMPETITION AUTHORITIES TO ACHIEVE CLEAR AND CONSISTENTLY HIGH STANDARDS OF DATA PROTECTION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

41st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners October 2019, Tirana, Albania, here. 

Antitrust and Tech: Europe and the United States Differ, and it Matters

G.Werden & L. Froeb, Audio here. 

Tying in evolving industries, when future entry cannot be deterred

C. Fumagalli, M. Motta, here. 

Google is reportedly trying to buy Fitbit

The Verge, here. 

Digitale Souveränität im Kontext plattformbasierter Ökosysteme

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, hier. 

Money 20/20: Calibra head claims Libra AML efficacy higher than other payment networks

FinExtra, here. 

Building a positive digital world

M. Vestager, here. 

MERGER CONTROL IN DYNAMIC MARKETS

OECD, here. 

Margrethe Vestager eyes toughening ‘burden of proof’ for Big Tech

FT, here. 

VERS DES PRIX PERSONNALISÉS À L’HEURE DU NUMÉRIQUE ?

E. Combe, ici. 

Xi Jinping’s endorsement of blockchain sparks China stocks frenzy

FT, here. The discourse here. 

Which antitrust investigations should Big Tech worry about?

FT, here. 

Google Sweetens Search-Engine Remedy After EU Pressure

WSJ, here (and here).

Blockchain, FinTechs and their relevance for international financial institutions

EIB, here. 

Conference on Competition Law and Sustainability

Video here.

Competition Authorities to Investigate Mobile Application Store Dominance

B. Yüksel, N. Acar, M. Salan, here. 

Cipher Technologies Bitcoin Fund

Here. 

Blockchain/crypto: a new digital economy

C. Jeanneau, Slides here. 

ACM ontwikkelt leidraden voor het delen van infrastructuur

ACM, hier. 

Applications mobiles : un texte sénatorial veut libérer les utilisateurs des règles des GAFA

Publicsenat.fr, ici. 

Ethikgremium empfiehlt Algorithmen-Verordnung

FAZ, hier. 

New Rules for Credit Reporting Systems in the Digital Economy

EDPB, here. 

Yelp on Google

Here. 

Antitrust, Tech Monopoly and the Apple Case

C. Sagers, here.

Banks may cut ties with Facebook on Libra concerns, ING warns

FT, here. 

Gutachten der Datenethikkommission

Hier.
Executive Summary here.

The Code-ification of Law and Its Potential Effects

T. Kaeseberg, here. 

Data Ownership: Exploring Implications for Data Privacy Rights and Data Valuation

US Senate Committee, here. 

DESIGNING SELF- AND CO-REGULATION INITIATIVES: EVIDENCE ON BEST PRACTICES

BEIS, here. 

Libra and its potential role

OMFIF Podcast, here. 

The Regulatory Regime for Stablecoins

Libra, here. 

Was Libra wirklich bringt

Libra in FAZ, hier. and auf Englisch here.

AI RIGHTS FOR CONSUMERS

BEUC, here. 

Tech platforms are where public life is increasingly constructed, and their motivations are far from neutral

NiemanLab, here.

Open Banking: Regulatory challenges for a new form of financial intermediation in a data-driven world

N. Remolina, here. 

China’s social credit system isn’t about scoring citizens — it’s a massive API

TNW, here. 

Competition in digital advertising

C. Yoo, Podcast here. 

Huawei admits that US sanctions are hurting

FT, here. 

This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened

Wired, here. 

A G7 stablecoin report that tells it how it is

FT, here.
Report here. 

Big Tech and the Future of Finance

A gaze is worth a thousand words.........

IMF Seminar, Video here. 

Banking disrupted by FinTech and Big Tech

Bruegel, Video here. 

Technology is a Tool and Weapon

B. Smith, Boss Files Podcast here (antitrust from 23:44).

Financialisation of the Food Value Chain, Common Ownership and Competition Law

I. Lianos et al., here. 

How much does the lack of competition in digital markets cost?

J. Furman, here. 

Competition is no longer a click away

R. Chopra, here. 

Why is privacy a competition problem?

T. Valletti, here. 

Data-opolies: Congress needs to act

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

Competition policy with a (holistic) view

R. Sims, here. 

Glad to be of any help!

M. Vestager, here. 

China’s Cryptocurrency Plan Has a Powerful Partner: Big Brother

NYTimes, here. 

Google is in serious trouble, warns top anti-trust lawyer

ZDNet, here. 

Why We Must Ban Facial Recognition Software Now

E. Selinger, W. Hartzog, here. 

Why Facebook’s Libra might be a good thing

FT, here.

Marc Benioff says it's time to break up Facebook

CNN, here.

Mastercard Outlines Blockchain Principles After Leaving Libra

Pymnts, here.

European Commission imposes interim measures for first time in nearly two decades

Allen & Overy, here. 

Recent developments at the CMA

CMA, here. 

Some Apple, FaceBook, Amazon, Google documents for US antitrust probe submitted

AppleInsider, here.

Does Apple’s “Discrimination” Against Rival Apps in the App Store harm Consumers?

Truth on the market, here.

Commission imposes interim measures on Broadcom in TV and modem chipset markets

EC, here.

QUO VADIS VERTICAL BER? – THE BUNDESKARTELLAMT’S BACKGROUND PAPER

D'Kart, here. 

DER REFERENTENENTWURF ZUM GWB

D'Kart, hier. 

Soziale Marktwirtschaft für den europäischen Datenraum

U. von der Leyen, hier. 

Apple is suffocating mobile-payment rivals

Quartz, here. 

Google confirms acquisition of data science community Kaggle

ZdNet, here. 

We may need a whole new approach to data protection

Live Mint, here. 

Why the government is investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook for antitrust — but not Microsoft

Vox, here. 

There’s a big problem with Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Ars Technica, here. 

Google’s $2.6 Billion Looker Deal Said to Get Closer DOJ Review

Bloomberg, here. 

The Interaction of EU Competition, Consumer, and Data Protection Law in the Digital Economy: The Regulatory Dilemma in the Facebook Odyssey

M. Botta, K. Wiedermann, here. 

Sports Direct calls for probe into Nike and Adidas dominance

BBC News, here. 

Antitrust After Big Data

J. Yun, here.

RGPD : Vueling sanctionnée par la CNIL espagnole pour sa politique de cookies

Next Inpact, ici.. 

Amazon's massive investment in food delivery startup Deliveroo faces further delays thanks to a formal antitrust probe

Business Insider, here. 

Is Libra Dead?

E. Reineris, here. 

Antitrust in Digital Markets

J. Newman, here. 

Brave highlights critical CCPA omission in letter to the Attorney General of California

Brave, here. 

Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 3: The Role of Data and Privacy in Competition

Friday, October 18, 2019 - 3 pm Trento Time, streaming here. 

Competition Authorities to Investigate Mobile Application Store Dominance

Kluwer Competition Law Blog, here. 

Apple Pay rückt angeblich ins Fadenkreuz der EU-Kommission

Heise.de hier. 

Fear of Facebook spurs momentum for Fed to build its own digital currency

Politico.eu, here. 

NYSE Arca Order

SEC, here. 

Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

F. Foer, here. 

Competing at Scale: EU Competition Policy fit for the Global Stage

ERT, here. 

Brave writes to all European governments to press for strong ePrivacy protections

Brave, here. 

EU-Kommission: Digitalchefin Vestager plädiert bei KI für "Vertrauen by Design"

Heise.de, hier. 

Joint memorandum of the Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg competition authorities on challenges faced by competition authorities in a digital world

B, NL, LUX Competition Authorities, here. 

Rights as Methodology?

CIM, here. 

Tether Backers Sued Over Market Manipulation

Bloomberg, here. 

Desktop OS Market Share Worldwide

Statcounter, here. 

Germany finalizes proposed changes in competition rules

PoliticoPro, here. 

Geldbuße gegen Bose Ges.m.b.H.

Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde, hier. 

Adversarial Interoperability

C. Doctorow, here. 

CMA alleges guitar firm illegally prevented price discounts

CMA, here. 

Interoperability Is Not the Only Obstacle to Blockchain Adoption

CMSWire, here. 

BLOCKCHAIN NOW AND TOMORROW

EU Science Hub, here. 

Senators Caution Mastercard, Visa, Stripe on Libra Membership

Bloomberg, here. 

The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Ethics, Policy and Regulation

UCLP Public Policy, Video here. 

The anthropology of #cryptocurrency and the possible end of the nation state

A. Tripathi, here. 

GOVERNING DLT NETWORKS

Accenture, here. 

The internet: broken or about to be broken?

G. Smith, here. 

The Next Generation of Data-Sharing in Financial Services: Using Privacy Enhancing Techniques to Unlock New Value

WEF, here. 

Order approves 11 interveners in Android Case

T-804/18, here. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google’s new competition cop, says everything is "on the table"

The Texas Tribune, here. 

Data scraping and the implications of the latest LinkedIn-hiQ court ruling

iabb, here. 

The Ties That Bind Facebook's Libra

Wired, here. 

Insight report on sharing engineering data

Lloyd’s Register Foundation, here. 

What We’ve Learned From Libra

Pymnts, here. 

Digital Era Competition Law: A BRICS Perspective

Draft BRICS academic report,  here.

The Secret Code of Capital and the Origin of Wealth Inequality

K. Pistor, here. 

Shoshana Zuboff: ‘Surveillance capitalism is an assault on human autonomy’

The Guardian, here. 

Some Proposed Principles for Interoperating Data Commons

R. Grossman, here. 

The Financial Stability Board at 10 Years—Looking Back and Looking Ahead

R. Quarles, here. 

Banksy facing potential cancellation of ‘flower bomber’ mark

WorldIPReview, here. 

The Code of Capital

K. Pistor, Video here. 

PayPal Pulls Out of Libra, Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project

NYTimes, here. 

Banking Disrupted? Financial Intermediation in an Era of Transformational Technology

International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (ICMB), here. 

On Libra, trust, etc.

From Erasmus University, Video here.

Droits voisins : enquête « exploratoire » de l'Autorité de la concurrence

Le Point, ici. Mais ici. 

House panel taps startup for Facebook files

660 News, here. 

Malaysia proposes $20 million fine on Grab for abusive practices

Reuters, here. See also here. 

REGULATORY MARKETS FOR AI SAFETY

J. Clark, G. Hadfield, here. 

Google faces UK class action lawsuit over collecting iPhone data

FT, here. 

Libra member companies are planning to meet this month in Switzerland

CNBC, here. 

Huawei backdoor to Google apps slams shut

Mobile World Live, here. 

Open Banking and the Closed Ecosystem: The Tech Banks Need to Navigate GDPR

BizTechMagazine, here. 

Du droit et des algorithmes

M. Teller, ici. 

Criteo porte plainte contre Facebook devant l'Autorité de la concurrence

LesEchos, ici. 

Regulating the Internet of Things

UK House of Commons, Debate Pack here. 

Competitive Edge: Five building blocks for antitrust success: the forthcoming FTC competition report

Equitable Growth, here. 

Finance et acteurs numériques : fintechs, GAFA, transformation des banques

@Echelle, vidéo ici. 

FASHION-ID: INTRODUCING A PHASE-ORIENTED APPROACH TO DATA PROTECTION?

European Law Blog, here. 

Bierkartell-Bußgeld: Preisnachlass für Edeka Nord in Sicht

Welt.de, hier. 

Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content, E.U.’s Top Court Rules

NYTimes, here. 

US: Siri will no longer default to using Apple messaging

CPI, here. 

3 drug firms accused of illegal market sharing

CMA, here.

What Are the Benefits of Data Sharing?

H. Huttunen et al., here. 

Andrew Yang's privacy proposal sounds great, but could be awful

Cnet, here. 

Amazon creates a huge alliance to demand voice assistant compatibility

The Verge, here.

European competition policy that serves consumers in the digital era

BEUC, here.

Bottom-up data Trusts: disturbing the ‘one size fits all’ approach to data governance

S. Delacroix, N. Lawrence, here. 

READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF MARK ZUCKERBERG’S LEAKED INTERNAL FACEBOOK MEETINGS

The Verge, here. 

Banking, FinTech, Big Tech: Emerging challenges for financial policymakers

K. Petralia, T. Philippon, T. Rice, N. Véron, here. 

Digitale Währungen, insbesondere Libra

Öffentliche Anhörung des Ausschusses Digitale Agenda 25. September 2019, Stellungnahmen hier. 

Understanding the economics of information sharing

BBVA, here. 

Storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent

Judgment in Case C-673/17, press release here. Ruling here. 

Guiding Policies and Procedures under Section F of the UN Set on Competition

UNCTAD, here. 

Erster Kfz-Versicherungstarif mit Dashcam-Bonus

Heise.de, hier. 

PayPal gets Chinese payments license

FinExtra, here.