Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Review of online targeting: Final report and recommendations

CDEI, here

ANTITRUST IN POP CULTURE: A GUIDE FOR ANTITRUST GURUS

Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, here

Consumer Data Right: Explanatory Statement

ACCC, here

The promise of synthetic data

FT, here

Shaping a digital future for Europe

The EU Queen, here.

Keine Einwände gegen Start einer digitalen Agrarplattform

BKamt, hier

Google Stuck Between Privacy, Antitrust With Ad Data Limits

Bloomberg, here

Chrome 80: Einschränkungen für Cookies und Adblocker

Heise.de, hier.

The Old New (Or is it the New Old) Antitrust: “I’m Not Dead Yet!!”

D. Wood, here

Statutory Inquiry into Google’s processing of location data and transparency surrounding that processing

Irish Data Protection Commission, here

The von der Leyen Commission's priorities for 2019-2024

EP Briefing, here

The economic forces driving fintech adoption across countries

BIS, here.

FTC Files Suit to Block Edgewell Personal Care Company’s Acquisition of Harry’s, Inc.

FTC, here

Petition for Rulemaking Concerning Use of Artificial Intelligence in Commerce

EPIC, here

Fair Learning

M. Lemley, B. Casey, here.

The Next Big Privacy Hurdle? Teaching AI to Forget

Wired, here

Sunday, January 26, 2020

CSIRO wants our laws turned into computer code. Here’s why that’s a bad idea

J. McIntyre, here

Entwurf eines Zehnten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen für ein fokussiertes, proaktives und digitales Wettbewerbsrecht 4.0 (GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz)

Hier

Clayton Christensen, author of ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’, 1952-2020

FT, here

Avviato procedimento di inottemperanza per Facebook

AGCM, qui.

BigTech vs BigBang: Competition in Financial Services

SuperChanger, here

Les consommateurs sont mieux protégés dès aujourd'hui grâce aux nouveaux pouvoirs des autorités nationales de protection des consommateurs et de la Commission

EC, ici

Facebook verstößt gegen Datenschutzrecht

VZBV, hier

AdTech: Broken by Default

Slide (by ?), at CPDP2020, here. 

You Are Now Remotely Controlled

S. Zuboff, here

Impending arrival – a sequel to the survey on central bank digital currency

BIS, here

An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus

Wired, here

Structure for the White Paper on artificial intelligence

EC leak, here

LEAK: EU charts 6G future in ambitious industrial plan

Euractiv, here

Expertenanhörung zur Datenstrategie im Kanzleramt

Competition policy in transition: exploring data portability’s roles

This is the extended abstract of an upcoming paper: I'd love to hear if you have any suggestion with regard to further questions the paper could investigate. Thank you!











Thursday, January 23, 2020

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Competitors in the Digital Economy

House Antitrust Subcommittee, Hearing 17 January 2020, 6 pm Trento Time here; live streaming here.

Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system

P. Krishtel, TedTalk here.

EBA REPORT ON BIG DATA AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS

EBA, here.

The Schism at the Heart of the Open-Source Movement

The Atlantic, here.

Broad Support for Google in the First Round of Supreme Court Briefing

J. Band, here.

Review of De Filippi, Primavera and Wright, Aaron, Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code

T. Cutts, here.

What's in Google's Privacy Sandbox? Nothing, For Now

AdExchanger, here..

Grindr and OkCupid Spread Personal Details, Study Says

NYTimes, here.

Mécanismes et (r)écueil du consentement

LINC, ici.

Mergers in the Digital Economy

A. Gautier, J. Lamesch, here.

Google Chrome et disparition des cookies tiers : une annonce en trompe-l’œil

Numerama.com, ici

Addressing the Growing Need for Algorithmic Transparency

H. Watson, C. Nations, here.

Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation

Brookings, here.

Here are the best blockchain products at CES 2020

Decrypt, heer.

Mayor calls for new vision for using data to tackle city's challenges

Mayor of London, here.

Apple's privacy update impacts location-based ad market

Digiday, here.

The Theory of Granularity: A Path for Antitrust in Blockchain Ecosystems

T. Schrepel, here.

Welcome to India, Mr. Bezos. Here’s an Antitrust Complaint.

NYTimes, here.

Why Elizabeth Warren Feels ‘Very Uneasy’ Online

NYTimes, here.

Concurrence et risque algorithmique : quelle régulation des algorithmes ?

S. Harnay, F. Marty, J. Toledano, ici.

Data Protection Day 2020: Facing New Challenges

EDPS, here

Algorithmen und Wettbewerb

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

The changing face of UK merger control: getting the deal done in 2020

Fingleton, here

Rachat d’Itas par TDF : saisie par Towercast, l’Autorité considère que l’abus de position dominante de TDF n’est pas établi

Adlc, ici.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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

Friday, December 20, 2019

Trump might help free science that’s locked behind paywalls

Vox, here

Booking.com commits to align practices presenting offers and prices with EU law following EU action

EC, here

T-MOBILE’S MERGER TRIAL HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT DISH

The Verge, here

How a Top Antitrust Official Helped T-Mobile and Sprint Merge

NYTimes, here

POLICY STATEMENT ON REMEDIES FOR STANDARDS-ESSENTIAL PATENTS SUBJECT TO VOLUNTARY F/RAND COMMITMENTS

USPTO, DOJ, and NIST, here

Brief Amici Curiae of 82 Law, Economics, Business, and Medical Professors in Support of Respondent

M. Carrieret al., here

Adtech and the data protection debate – where next?

ICO, here

Apple, Cisco, Daimler and BMW complain to Brussels over patents

FT, here

(In)formal Blockchain Governance

A. Urlichs, here

The 2019 Stratechery Year in Review

Stratechery, here

Saga launches its cryptocurrency as Libra waits in the wings

FT, here

Comparing Privacy Laws: GDPR v. CCPA

FPF, here

AB InBev beer trade restrictions

EC, Decision here.

What do we mean by data empowerment?

Medium, here

Why Facebook’s Libra Hangs in Limbo—and What’s Next in the Digital Currency Race

Fortune, here

How Ring Went From ‘Shark Tank’ Reject to America’s Scariest Surveillance Company

Vice, here

Sparkassen im Apple-Pay-Rausch. Offenbar >200.000 Aktivierungen

Finanz-Szene.de, hier

Whatsapp Conversations Getting Under Antitrust Scrutiny: The Dutch Case

Mondaq, here

The BIS Innovation Hub

Podcast, here

An Introduction to Complex Systems Science and its Applications

A. Siegenfeld, Y. Bar-Yam, here

Connected Cars

EDPS, here

Top EU Court's Adviser Says Personal Data Can Be Transferred Using 'Standard Contractual Clauses' -- But Also Suggests That Privacy Shield Should Be Ruled Invalid

TechDirt, here

Wie Tiktok seine Nutzer überwacht

SZ, hier

Researchers were about to solve AI’s black box problem, then the lawyers got involved

TNW, here

Release of the “Guidelines Concerning Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position in Transactions between Digital Platform Operators and Consumers that Provide Personal Information, etc.”

Japan FTC, here

Künstliche Intelligenz vollendet Beethovens 10. Symphonie

Heise online, hier

IBM to Google: Istio, Knative, TensorFlow should be under 'open governance'

The Register, here

The design of digital financial infrastructure: lessons from India

BIS Paper, here ; podcasr, here

L'Autorité sanctionne Google à hauteur de 150 M€ pour abus de position dominante

Autorité de la concurrence, ici

France slaps Google with $166M antitrust fine for opaque and inconsistent ad rules

TechCrunch, here

Facial recognition: for a debate living up to the challenges

CNIL, here

Mehr Verbraucherschutz bei Hotelbuchungen im Internet

BMJV, hier. 

Digitale Avantgarde: Deutschland wird Vorreiter bei der kartellrechtlichen Regulierung digitaler Märkte

RechtsBoard, hier (und hier).

Grab Philippines fined $318k for pricing violations, driver cancellations

DealstreetAsia, here

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Call for Input: Open finance

FCA, here

From the Dark Side to the Bright Side: Exploring Algorithmic Antitrust Compliance

NERA, here

FTC Challenges Illumina’s Proposed Acquisition of PacBio

FTC, here

The American AI Century: A Blueprint for Action

CNAS, here

When Data Creates Competitive Advantage

A. Hagiu, J. Wright, here (and here).

Online platforms and digital advertising: Market study interim report

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

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

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

Monday, December 16, 2019

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

Monday, December 09, 2019

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

Thursday, December 05, 2019

Monday, December 02, 2019

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

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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.

Monday, November 25, 2019

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

Saturday, November 16, 2019