CONFERENCE DEBRIEFING (18): GWB10-VERBÄNDEANHÖRUNG

D'Kart, hier.

"Wer das Tiefste gedacht, liebt das [l]ebendigste (Kartellrecht)"

Competencia ha rastreado el algoritmo de Idealista desde hace años y a nivel nacional

El Mundo, aquì. 

BLOCKCHAIN AND THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL ASSETS

 European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum, here. 

Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin and other exchange tokens

House of Commons Library, here. 

EDPB on Google/Fitbit

Here.

Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings

TechCrunch, here. 

Big Tech will have to share data under EU proposals [perhaps]

FT, here. 

Draft Issues Paper of the World Intellectual Property Organization on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence: A Comment

MPI for competition and innovation, here. 

Taking a dive into Google’s Chrome cookie ban

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Antitrust proceedings against seven firms for suspected price coordination in the real estate intermediation market

CNMC, here. 

"EU Super Digital Wednesday"

Shaping Europe's digital future, here.
White Paper: On Artificial Intelligence - A European approach to excellence and trust, here.
Communication: A European strategy for data, here.

And
Report on the safety and liability implications of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics, here.
Towards a European strategy on business-to-government data sharing for the public interest, here.

Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism

J. Cohen, Video here.

Lasst uns Daten „sozialisieren“!

Tagesspiegel, hier. 

The Economic Consequences of Data Privacy Regulation: Empirical Evidence from GDPR

G. Aridor et al., here.

Kudos, leaderboards, QOMs: how fitness app Strava became a religion – podcast

The Guardian, here.

(Without it, "I feel freer" but...).

Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop

NYTimes, here. 

Protecting privacy in an AI-driven world

Brookings, here. 

Margrethe's actual "favourite": The films of Bong Joon-ho

ArsTechnica, here. 

Haldex files antitrust complaint against Knorr-Bremse

Automotive News Europe, here. 

The Diffusion of the Sandbox Approach to Disruptive Innovation and Its Limitations

C. Tsai, C.Lin, H. Liu, here. 

Anonymisierung unter der DSGVO unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der TK-Branche

BfDI, hier. 

Internet privacy: the apps that protect you from your apps

The Guardian, here. 

From a 'Race to AI' to a 'Race to AI Regulation' - Regulatory Competition for Artificial Intelligence

N. Smuha, here. 

How the BBC’s Netflix-killing plan was snuffed by myopic regulation

WIRED, here. 

Australian consumer watchdog to examine anti-competitive behaviour by Google and Facebook

The Guardian, here. 

Smartphone startups take on Google, Apple and put privacy first

DW, here. 

Competition and Privacy in Online Markets: Evidence from the Mobile App Industry

E. Kesler, M. Kummer, P. Schulte, here. 

Key Elements and Functions of a New Digital Regulatory Agency

Public Knowledge, here.

Online platforms and digital advertising market study: Observations on CMA’s Interim Report

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Designing Data Trusts

Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, here. 

Google/Looker: CMA's feu vert

Here.

Stellungnahme zum GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz

Mittelstandverbund, hier. 

Google Shopping: Report for the Hearing

Here. 

The End of Privacy as We Know It?

The Daily, here. 

Facebook quietly acquired another UK AI startup and almost no one noticed

TechCrunch, here. 

Au Canada, une procédure inédite contre Facebook sur les données personnelles

Le Monde, ici. 

Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten raided by anti-monopoly officials

Reuters, here. 

Google’s Fitbit Deal Tests Merger Cops Eyeing Data Giants

Bloomberg, here. 

Klassifizierung, Bias, Risikoklassenmodell, algorithmenkontrolle

Enquete-Kommission KI, Video hier. 

Peter Alexiadis and Alexandre de Streel ‘Designing an EU Intervention Standard for Digital Gatekeepers’ (unpublished working paper)

Antitrsut Digest, here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Public Standards

The Committee on Standards in Public Life, here.

The WIRED Guide to the Internet of Things

Wired, here. 

Anonymisierung unter der DSGVO unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der TK-Branche

BfDI, Öffentliches Konsultationsverfahren, hier. 

INDAGINE CONOSCITIVA SUI BIG DATA

3 Autorità, qui. 

Guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications

EDPB, here.

Sabre/Farelogix

CMA, provisional findings, here; notice of possible remedies, here.

EU Regulators to Investigate EssilorLuxottica's 7.2-Billion-Euro Dutch Deal

NYTimes, here.

Case claiming antitrust manipulation of Bitcoin Cash network falls short, for now

Reuters, here.

Conseil d’État sur la proposition de loi n°48 visant à garantir le libre choix du consommateur dans le cyberespace

Avis, ici. 

China's mobile giants to take on Google's Play store - sources

Reuters, here. 

Our daily leaked draft document: Europe fit for the digital age: Towards a truly European digital society

EU circles, here. 

Big Tech Acquisitions Competition & Innovation Effects and EU Merger Control

M. Bourreau, A. de Streel, here.

“Lawmakers should provide rule-based descriptions of what it means not to be racist”

C. O'Neil, here.

The digitalization of payments and currency - some issues for consideration

L. Brainard, ici.

Paris and Berlin press Vestager on EU competition rules revamp

FT, here. 

Décision n°19-D-26 du 19 décembre 2019 publiée

Adlc, ici. 

Sonos at the USITC

Here.

POTS: protective optimization technologies

The Morning Paper, here. 

The SyRI case: a landmark ruling for benefits claimants around the world

Privacy international, here. 

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. 

Leaked: A European strategy for data

EU, here. 

Innovation Brokerage

Nesta, here. 

REGULATOR APPROACHES TO FACILITATE, SUPPORT AND ENABLE INNOVATION

UK BEIS, here. 

Uber says goodbye Colombia after competition ruling

FT, here. 

Audition de M. Olivier Guersent, Sénat FR

Vidéo, ici (Brexit:10:06:00; Numérique: 10:11:30 et 10:57:22).

The EDPB on unfair algorithms

EDPS, here.

Why Google Backtracked on Its New Search Results Look

NYTimes, here.

GWB10: DIE LAGE (1)

D’Kart, hier. 

“Should We Block This Merger? Some Thoughts on Converging Antitrust and Privacy”

J. Phillips, here. 

2019 by the numbers

Open Banking, here. 

Blockchains, DLTs and Privacy-Enhancing Technology for the Common Good

Decode, panel discussion, here. 

The Internet in Everything

With Vint Cerf, here. 

Always United

EC fines NBCUniversal €14.3 million for restricting sales of film merchandise products

Here. 

COLLABORATIVE SPACES PROMOTING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

S. Boutillier et al, here. 

Non c'è due senza tre, but what will it be?

D'Kart im FAZ Podcast

Hier, ab 39:19.

8 days later: The CJEU Judgment

Case C‑307/18, Generics (UK) and Others, here.
Opinion, 22 January 2010, here.

Discussing AI with our beloved Queen et al

STOA Panel, Video here. 

MONITORYOU: the MilliONs beIng spenT by the eu on develOping surveillance tech to taRget YOU

Privacy International, here. 

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Policy Considerations

USPTO, Conference Recordings here (1 year after the event,  sorry IMI but still fresh).

Nichts ist so diskret wie Bargeld

FAZ, hier. 

10. GWB-Novelle – Herausforderungen auf digitalen und regionalen Märkten begegnen!

Monopolkommission, hier. 

The Economics of International Competition Policy: New Challenges in the Light of Digitization?

O. Budzinski, here. 

Tech in 2020

B. Evans, Presentation here. 

Text and Data Mining: Articles 3 and 4 of the Directive 2019/790/EU

C. Geiger et al, here.

Search Preference Menus: Improving Choice With Design

DuckDuckGo, here. 

E-Commerce: Datenschutz auf dem Bauernhof

Hier und hier. 

Google Rival Attacks Search Giant’s Bid to Stoke Android Choice

Bloomberg, here. 

EPO publishes grounds for its decision to refuse two patent applications naming a machine as inventor

EPO, here. 

POTs: Protective Optimization Technologies

B. Kolynych, here. 

The concept of Fairness in the GDPR

G. Malgieri, here. 

Google acquires Pointy, a startup to help brick-and-mortar retailers list products online, for $163M

TechCrunch, here.

EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy: United Kingdom Report

A. Kalintiri, R. Stones, here. 

Building a Conceptual Framework for Decentralised Digital Ecosystems

Machine Lawyering, here. 

Facebook-Kryptowährung: Libra erwägt Verzicht auf Devisenkorb

Finance FWD, hier. 

WEF: Libra’s Marcus emphasizes network over digital currency

Ledger Insights, here. 

Les Rendez-vous de l'Autorité : Les algorithmes

Video here (en anglais).

Ungezähmte Internetgiganten

Oxfam et al, hier.

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

Hier.

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!

Plateformes numériques et concurrence

DG Trésor, ici.

Opinion of the Data Ethics Commission

Here.

6 reasons smaller companies want to break up Big Tech

Recode, here. 

Court of Appeal upholds CMA decision on online sales

CMA, here. 

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-307/18 Generics (UK) and Others

Here.

Google and IAB’s inadequate proposals to reform RTB

Brave, here. 

Artificial intelligence needs global ground rules

D. Coyle, here. 

Innovation and Competition in Financial Markets

OECD, here. 

Wettbewerbsvorwürfe: Apple bringt "Immer erlauben" für Standortzugriff zurück

Heise.de, hier. 

We can't possibly trust Google with our health data

FT, here. 

Governance models for redistribution of data value

M. Savona, here. 

RTB evidence

Brave, here. 

Amazon partners with thousands of mom-and-pop stores in India

TechCrunch, here. 

The Sandbox Paradox

B. Knight, T. Mitchell, here. 

BEHAVIOURAL REMEDIES

Adlc, here.

People shouldn't have to trade their privacy and security for access to a smartphone.

Privacy International, here.

Privacy experts slam UK’s “disastrous” failure to tackle unlawful adtech

Techcrunch, here.

Facebook Sued in U.S. Federal Court for Alleged Anticompetitive Conduct

NYTimes, here.

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.

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

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

Please let me know, dear @wavesblog Reader (human or bot alike), if you have any comment, thank you!

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. 

Illumina has abandoned its anticipated $1.2 billion takeover of PacBio

CMA, here.
FTC, here. 

MIT Platform Strategy Summit Report 2019

Here. 

One of Amazon’s first employees says the company should be broken up

Vox, here. 

Pentagon wants open-source 5G plan in campaign against Huawei

FT, here. 

Google and Apple remove alleged UAE spy app ToTok

BBC, here. 

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. 

CJEU rules that the provision of ebooks is an act of communication to the public (so there is NO digital exhaustion under the InfoSoc Directive)

IPKat, here.
Judgment here. 

Apple, Google, and Amazon team up to create “CHIP,” a new smart home standard

ArsTechnica, here (and valuable comments)

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

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.