Contact Tracing App Privacy: What Data Is Shared By Europe’s GAEN Contact Tracing Apps

D. Leith, S. Farrell, here. 

Big-Tech Mergers: Innovation, Competition for the Market, and the Acquisition of Emerging Competitors

M. Katz, here. 

Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis

Q. Grundy et al., here. 

Dangerous Skills Got Certified: Measuring the Trustworthiness of Amazon Alexa Platform

L. Cheng et al., here. 

HOW SHOULD COMPETITION POLICY REACT TO CORONAVIRUS?

A. Tyrie (CMA), here. 

Microsoft accused of sharing data of Office 365 business subscribers with Facebook and its app devs

The Register, here. 

Google Promises Privacy With Virus App but Can Still Collect Location Data

NYTimes, here. 

Terminaux et plateformes, maillons structurants de l’accès à internet

Arcep, ici (il y a aussi Diane Coyle); anglais, here. 

Libre choix du consommateur dans le cyberespace

Sénat, ici. 

The looming disaster of immunity passports and digital identity

Privacy International, here. 

Fiona, Apple, and Amazon: How Big Tech Pays to Win the Battle of Ideas

D. Dayen, here.

Applied IO Policy Panel: What should IO economists be working on in tech? [Answer: it depends]

CEPR, here.
💰 1:13:30.

Addressing trust in public sector data use

UK Gov, here. 

The social imaginaries of data activism

T. Lehtiniemi, M. Ruckenstein, here. 

Application « StopCovid » : la CNIL tire les conséquences de ses contrôles

CNIL, ici. 

EU Regulators Halt LSE, Refinitiv Probe, Await Data

NYTimes, here. 

Fintech Strategic Review: Terms of Reference

UK Treasury, here. 

The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice

E. Ash et al., here. 

BIDEN-SANDERS UNITY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Here. 

Applying new models of data stewardship to health and care data

ODI, here. 

Uber drivers to launch legal bid to uncover app's algorithm

The Guardian, here. 

EDPS Statement following the Court of Justice ruling in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximilian Schrems (“Schrems II”)

EDPS, here. 

A proxy for privacy uncovering the surveillance ecology of mobile apps

S. Lai, S. Flensburg, here. 

Plateformes coopératives

Caisse des Dépôts, ici. 

The Dark Side of Public Innovation

A. Meijer, M. Thaens, here. 

Seeing the forest for the trees: Visualizing platformization and its governance

J. Van Dijck, here. 

Ein Monat Corona-Warn-App: Bisher bleibt der Effekt aus (aber ganz genau weiss man nicht - privacy, you know?)

Heise.de, hier. 

Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (ALTAI) for self-assessment

An invisible hand: Patients aren’t being told about the AI systems advising their care

StatNews, here. 

The background to EU citizens' court win over US tech giants

The Guardian, here. 

How have Big Tech and other digital platforms fared in the crisis?

C. Reggiani, L. Madio, A. Mantovani, here. 

We Need to Change How We Share Our Personal Data Online in the Age of COVID-19

T. Berners Lee, here. 

Yes, Your Smart Speaker Is Listening When It Shouldn't

Consumer Reports, here. 

L’Autorité sanctionne à hauteur de 93 millions d’euros un cartel dans le secteur du jambon et de la charcuterie

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Pets without PETs: on pet owners’ under-estimation of privacy concerns in pet wearables

D. van der Linden, here. 

Commission launches sector inquiry into the consumer Internet of Things (IoT)

EC, here. 

Market Power and Special Responsibility in EU Competition, Data Protection and Consumer Law

I. Graef, S. van Berlo, here. 

Privacy Attitudes of Smart Speaker Users

N. Malkin et al., here. 

Tech firms like Facebook must restrict data sent from EU to US, court rules

The Guardian, here. 

AG Opinion on YouTube: No New Developments, Only A Summary of Current EU Law on Intermediaries

EU Internet Policy, here. 

Google backs Reliance's Jio Platforms with $4.5 billion India investment

Reuters, here. 

In Defense of Breakups: Administering a 'Radical' Remedy

R. Van Loo, here. 

European Public Sphere

Acatech Impulse, here. 

Coronavirus: new steps towards setting-up of an interoperability solution for mobile tracing and warning apps

EC, here. 

AI: Decoded

Politico, here. 

Breaking up Big Tech: Separation of its Data, Cloud and Intelligence Layers

P. J. Singh, here. 

A Financial Capitalism Perspective on Startup Acquisitions: Introducing the Economic Goodwill Threshold Test

A. McLean, here. 

Google Search Upgrades Make It Harder for Websites to Win Traffic

Bloomberg, here. 

Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Aspen to reduce prices for six off-patent cancer medicines by 73% to address Commission's concerns over excessive pricing

EC, here. 

The Data Delusion

M. Tisné, M. Schaake, here. 

Google offers data pledge in bid to win EU okay for Fitbit buy

Reuters, here. 

Bank-Fintech Partnerships, Outsourcing Arrangements and the Case for a Mentorship Regime

L. Enriques, W.-G. Ringe, here. 

Smart Contracts ‘Have Limited Potential’ Without IoT Sensors

Cointelegraph, here. 

Report by the Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework

For the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, here.  

Fintech Needs IDIoTs

Forbes, here. 

India panel proposes new regulator for non-personal data: draft report

Reuters, here.
Submissions here. 

When Scholars Collaborate With Tech Companies, How Reliable Are the Findings?

NYTimes, here. 

Das Plattformgrundgesetz

Netzpolitik, hier. 

Google Shopping in Brazil: Highlights of CADE’s Decision and Takeaways for Digital Economy Issues

P. Burnier de Silveira, V. Oliveira Fernandes, here.

Freigabe eines Zusammenschlusses von Online-Dating-Plattformen

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

What makes a market transaction morally repugnant?

C. Leuker, L. Samartzidis, R. Hertwig, here.

RECORDINGS OF THE ASCOLA 2020 CONFERENCE AVAILABLE!

Thank you so much to Michal Gal, Rupprecht Podszun and the other Intrepid Organizers 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓, here; programme reminder here. 

WIPO CONVERSATION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (WIPO/IP/AI/2/GE/20) DAY 3

Video here.

« Instituer une trilogie entre État, marché et commun »

S. Soriano, ici. 

Peak Summer 2020 Report in one file

CMA, here.

Smarte Resilienz

BertelsmannStiftung, hier.

Reports' Visual Kaleidoscope: Updated

Commission expert group publishes progress reports on online platform economy

EC, here. The 4 documents together, here.

Online platforms and digital advertising market study: An Overview

CMA, here. 

Mind Your Own Business: Protecting Proprietary Third-Party Information From Digital Platforms

H. Feld (Public Knowledge/Omidyar Network), here. 

EU MARKET STUDY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE EU

Tender specifications, here. 

FAIRE DES DONNÉES ENVIRONNEMENTALES DES DONNÉES D’INTÉRÊT GÉNÉRAL

CNNum, ici. 

Sektoruntersuchung im Bereich öffentlich zugänglicher Ladeinfrastruktur für Elektrofahrzeuge

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

In Novel Ruling, 5th Circ. Curbs Privacy On Bitcoin Exchanges

Law360, here (and here).

REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ICN SURVEY ON DOMINANCE/SUBSTANTIAL MARKET POWER IN DIGITAL MARKETS

ICN, here. 

EUROPEAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY: MAPPING THE INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE

Data Justice Lab, here.

ICN Conglomerate Mergers Project Report

ICN, here. 

Mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19: Progress reporting June 2020

EC, here. 

Statement on ACM public consultation on sustainability guidelines

EC, here. ACM, hier.
See also Giovanni's Manifesto, here (p. 13).

Live tweeting from a great Webinar (and there's also the video link)!

Tweets Here.
Video here.

Don’t ask if artificial intelligence is good or fair, ask how it shifts power

Nature, here. 

Publication de l'étude sur l'interopérabilité suivie d'un panel

CNNum, vidéo ici. 

Virus-Tracing Apps Are Rife With Problems. Governments Are Rushing to Fix Them.

NYTimes, here. 

Bundeskartellamt sichert Innovation bei Software für Erfassung und Abrechnung von Krankenhausleistungen

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Gouvernance des algorithmes d’intelligence artificielle dans le secteur financier

ACPR, ici. 

Clearview AI stops facial recognition sales in Canada amid privacy investigation

VentureBeat, here.

VII EX-ANTE REGULATION OF SYSTEMIC PLATFORMS

INI Report, here.

Wirecard Flourished in Regulatory Blind Spot That’s Growing

Bloomberg, here. 

Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Second Session

WIPO, here. 

Digital sovereignty for Europe

EPRS, here.

For a Few Dollars More (Section)

  A Lawyer's Tribute to Ennio Morricone, here (here).

Audrey Tang - Taiwan's Covid19 response.

Copernicani, from 4:00, Video here. 

Concurrence et régulation des plateformes. Étude de cas sur l’interopérabilité des réseaux sociaux

CNNum, ici.

Hinweise für Berliner Verantwortliche zu Anbietern von Videokonferenz-Diensten

Die Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Hier. 

Rana Foroohar: The Surveillance Economy

Economics and beyond Podcast, here. 

From National Marketplaces to Global Providers of Financial Infrastructures: Exchanges, Infrastructures & Structural Power in Global Finance

J. Petri, here. 

Termite Capitalism: how private equity is undermining the economy

S. Smith, here. 

Documenting the financialisation of the pharmaceutical industry

J. Busfield, here. 

The 2020 Covid‑19 pandemic and global value chains

R. Strange, here. 

Panopticon Reborn: Social Credit as Regulation for the Age of AI

K. Werbach, here. 

Platform Capitalism’s Hidden Abode: Producing Data Assets in the Gig Economy

N. van Doorn, A. Badger, here.

Digitale Souveränität in der EU

Bertelsmann Stiftung, hier. 

Ad boycotts alone will not curb Big Tech

FT, here. 

Legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces

EC, here. 

Tracking the journey towards mobile money interoperability

GSMA,here.

ANALISI DEL MERCATO DEI SERVIZI DI CONSEGNA DEI PACCHI 1 2 3 (INTERIM REPORT)

Agcom, qui. 

Moving Through a Pandemic

FT Video, here. 

Amazon buying self-driving startup Zoox for over $1 billion

Msn.com, here. 

Les Rencontres Économiques Aix en Seine

Programme 2020 ici.
Sébastien Soriano Session 18, 4 juillet 11:30, ici. 

A dialogue between Darwin and a blockchain

T. Schrepel, here. 

European Commission circling above--and still failing to help resolve--patent licensing dispute over automotive components

Fosspatents, here. 

Into the Whirlpool: How Predictive Data Put Brainwashing on the Spin Cycle

R. Lemov, here. 

GDPR And AI: Making Sense Of A Complex Relationship

EPthinktank.eu, here.

Here Come the 4 Horsemen of the Techopolypse

K. Swisher, here. 

The future of behavioural science: ambition with a dose of humility

FCA, here. 

Analyse und konstruktive Kritik der offiziellen Datenschutzfolgenabschätzung der Corona-Warn-App

FIfF, hier. 

Germany’s ‘Lex Apple Pay’: Payment Services Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement

J.-U. Franck, D. Linardatos, here. 

Central banks and payments in the digital era

BIS, here. 

Access to Mobile Services and Proof of Identity 2020

GSMA, here. 

Evaluation of the effects of too-big-to-fail reforms: consultation report

FSB, here. 

Data Spaces and the EU Data Strategy

IDSA, here. 

Bank of England to host an Innovation Hub Centre

Press Release, here. 

Data, Compute, Labour

Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Sektoruntersuchung Smart-TVs

Bundeskartellamt, Bericht, hier. 

High-risk AI applications need to be properly regulated

M. Vestager, here. 

Plateformes numériques

Assemblée Nationale, Rapport d'information, ici.

Is it time for a ‘Digital New Deal’ to rein in Big Tech?

Protocol, here. 

Competition and the Industrial Challenge for the Digital Age

J. Tirole, here. 

Brazil antitrust agency revokes decision blocking WhatsApp, Cielo venture

Reuters, here. 

New regime needed to take on tech giants

CMA, Press Release  here.
Final Report, here.
Selection of essential Annexes:
- B: summary of responses to our interim report consultation, here;
- E: ecosystems of Google and Facebook, here;
- F: the role of data in digital advertising, here;
- G: the role of tracking in digital advertising, here;
- H: default positions in search, here;
- I: search quality and economies of scale, here;
- J: Facebook Platform and API access, here;
- K: consumer controls over platforms’ data collection, here;
- L: summary of research on consumers’ attitudes and behaviour, here;
- M: intermediation in open display advertising, here;
- N: understanding advertiser demand for digital advertising, here;
- Q: exploitation of market power, here;
- R: fees in the adtech stack, here;
- T: our approach to assessing data remedies, here;
- U: supporting evidence for the code of conduct, here;
- V: assessment of pro-competition interventions in general search, here;
- W: assessment of pro-competition interventions in social media, here;
- X: assessment of pro-competition interventions to enable consumer choice over personalised advertising, here;
- Y: choice architecture and Fairness by Design, here;
- Z: assessment of potential data-related interventions in digital advertising markets, here;
- ZA: assessment of potential pro-competition interventions to address market power in open display advertising, here.

Jigsaw Qualitative Research Report, Digital Advertising Services, here.

Covid Economics Vetted and Real-Time Papers

CEPR, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) on Facebook (translation)

Here. 

Contre la domination des Big Tech : le duo gagnant des autorités de concurrence et de régulation

S. Soriano, ici. 

Informatiker vermisst klare Konzepte für digitale Bildung

Heise.de, hier. 

CONSUMER AND CITIZEN GROUPS HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT GOOGLE FITBIT TAKEOVER

Consumer and citizen groups, here. 

EU signals deeper investigation of Google Fitbit deal

FT, here. 

Positionspapier zur Anonymisierung unter der DSGVO unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der TK-Branche

BfDI, hier.
Stellungnahmen der Konsultationsteilnehmer, hier. 

Visa International Service Association / Plaid Inc. merger inquiry

CMA, Commencement Notice here. 

Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: the Future of Artificial Intelligence for Policy Making

BCCP Virtual Mini-Conference 2020, Video here.

The impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on artificial intelligence

STOA Study, here; Options Brief, here. 

Margrethe Vestager on EU-China relationships

ECFR, Video here. 

Case study: £4.5 million fine for Fender for illegally preventing online price discounts

CMA, here. 

Telegram to pay SEC fine of $18.5 million and return $1.2 billion to investors as it dissolves TON

TechCrunch, here. 

Musical instrument firms to pay millions after breaking competition law

CMA, here. 

Artificial intelligence: How does it work, why does it matter, and what can we do about it?

EP, Study, here. 

Bundeskartellamt gibt den Erwerb der Vossloh Locomotives GmbH durch die die chinesische CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotives Co. nach umfangreichen Ermittlungen frei

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

LIKED by Margrethe Vestager HERSELF 😳

...besides a @Google Software Engineer 😲😲😳😳

Competition in a Digital Age: Changing Enforcement for Changing Times

M. Vestager, here (and really *here*).

The state we’re in

NewStatesman, here. 

15º ASCOLA (virtual) Conference - Algorithms and Competition Law

You can watch the video here. 

A Council of Citizens Should Regulate Algorithms

Wired, here. 

EU-Ratspräsidentschaft: Deutschland will mehr digitale Souveränität

Heise.de, hier. 

How Amazon Used the Pandemic to Amass More Monopoly Power

The Nation, here. 

Die pragmatischen Puristen

Republik.ch, hier. 

Competition Policy in Transition: Exploring Data Portability’s Roles

My today's presentation @ASCOLA, here.

Draft paper here. 

"Un test di civiltà" - Come conciliare sorveglianza e privacy durante una pandemia

La qui presente, su YouTube.

Operationalizing Research Access in Platform Governance

Algorithm Watch, here. 

Competition Policy in Transition: Exploring Data Portability’s Roles

Yours Very Truly, here.

Yes, it has actually to do with 👈

Very first draft...Please let me know if you have comments!

Google to pay some publishers in Australia, Brazil, Germany for content

Reuters, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof bestätigt vorläufig den Vorwurf der missbräuchlichen Ausnutzung einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung durch Facebook

BGH, hier. 

Capitaliser et valoriser les données de paiement : l’exemple de l’industrie des cartes de crédit

LINC, ici. 

Konsultationspapier zur Sektoruntersuchung Nutzerbewertungen

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Bank-Fintech Partnerships, Outsourcing Arrangements and the Case for a Mentorship Regime

L. Enriques, W.-G. Ringe, here. 

Gatekeepers and digital markets set for further EU regulation

Pinsent Masons, here. 

RGPD : le Conseil d’État rejette le recours dirigé contre la sanction de 50 millions d’euros infligée à Google par la CNIL

Ici. 

Antitrust & Corruption: Overruling Noerr

T. Wu, here. 

EP REPORT on competition policy

Here. 

Why was Frankfurt so blind for so long about Wirecard?

FT, here. 

Cash Less Society : comment préserver la vie privée dans une société sans argent liquide ?

LINC, ici. 

To tame the giants, the EU needs to step up competition enforcement

BEUC, here. 

Are cookie banners indeed compliant with the law? Deciphering EU legal requirements on consent and technical means to verify compliance of cookie banners

C. Santos, N. Bielova, C. Matte, here. 

Amazon’s Enforcement Failures Leave Open a Back Door to Banned Goods—Some Sold and Shipped by Amazon Itself

TheMarkUp, here. 

Why open science is critical to combatting COVID-19

OECD, here. 

Apple will let users pick their own default email and browser apps

TechCrunch, here. 

Why Google Dominates Advertising Markets

D. Srinivasan, here. 

BREAKING NEWS: Federal Cartel Office of Germany asks regional courts to refer component-level standard-essential patent licensing questions to CJEU, disagrees with Nokia

FOSS Patents, here. 

City-wide data in London (Part 2): Where we want to get to

Smart London, here. 

Data and Covid-19: why standards matter

ODI, here. 

Regtechs, fintechs and datasharing

EU Data Staring, here. 

EU rights and data protection bodies: new technology and data protection have to go hand in hand

Joint FRA & EDPS statement, here. 

Interview with Olivier Guersent, Director General, Directorate General for Competition, European Commissio

The Antitrust Source, here. 

Cape Town company agrees to pay R600,000 for over-charging for sanitisers

Times Live, here. 

Empowering the consumer for the green transition

EC, IIA, here. 

EU PROPOSALS FOR NEW POWERS TO ADDRESS FOREIGN SUBSIDIES

Clifford Chance, here. 

The Google/Fitbit merger - NOT ON OUR WATCH!

Privacy International, here. 

Facebook’s Libra 2.0: Why you might like it even if we can’t trust Facebook

Brookings, here. 

Market studies by CCI: Towards healthy competition

Financial Express, here. 

New protections for UK businesses key to national security and fight against coronavirus

CMA, here. 

Digital Services Act: Opportunities and Challengesfor the Digital Single Market and Consumer Protection

EU Parliament, here. 

Does The Relaunch Of Google Meet Breach Antitrust Law?

Forbes, here. 

Bungled Lancet study casts shadow over health data industry

Politico.eu, here. 

Data protection as a pillar of citizens’ empowerment and the EU’s approach to the digital transition - two years of application of the General Data Protection Regulation

EC, here. 

Central banks and payments in the digital era

BIS, here. 

Facebook's investment in Jio Platforms gets CCI nod

Econoomic Times, here. 

Kapitalismus braucht Regeln

J. Haucap, hier. 

GOOGLE’S PLAN TO BUY FITBIT – SHOULD WE BE ALARMED?

K. Kemp, Radio Interview here. 

GDPR IN NEED FOR A CENTRALIZED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM TO PROPERLY WORK WITH GLOBAL PLATFORMS

Radiobruxelleslibera, here. 

Sunlight alone is not a disinfectant: Consent and the futility of opening Big Data black boxes (without assistance)

J. Obar, here. 

Germany flexes its muscles on foreign investment

FT, here. 

Bundeskartellamt clears Intersport’s online platform sales model

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

viagogo / StubHub merger inquiry

CMA, here. 

Google LLC – proposed acquisition of Fitbit Inc: Statement of Issues

ACCC, here. 

France's COVID tracing app hard to link to others, EU official says

Reuters, here. 

India’s antitrust watchdog is reviewing Facebook’s $5.7B deal with Reliance Jio Platforms

TechCrunch, here. 

L’app Immuni non è sorveglianza di massa: un’analisi dei rischi tra fiducia e garanzie tecniche

A. Gadotti, qui. 

Caméras dites « intelligentes » et caméras thermiques : les points de vigilance de la CNIL et les règles à respecter

CNIL, ici. 

Amazon's new Distance Assistant uses AI to encourage social distancing

CNET, here. 

Coronavirus: Member States agree on an interoperability solution for mobile tracing and warning apps

EC, here.
Specifications here. 

EC opens investigations into Apple's App Store rules

Here. 

EC opens investigation into Apple practices regarding Apple Pay

Here.
@wavesblog thread

Covid-detecting ‘smart rings’ to be trialled by staff at Las Vegas resort

FT, here. 

Why are Google and Apple dictating how European democracies fight coronavirus?

The Guardian, here. 

Norway pulls its coronavirus contacts-tracing app after privacy watchdog’s warning

TechCrunch, here. 

Making data Portability More Effective for The Digital Economy

J. Krämer, P. Senellart A. de Streel, here.

TALES FROM THE CRYPTO

F. Pasquale, here. 

Données : la LDH veut ouvrir la «boîte noire» d’Uber

Libération, ici. 

Can This Be the New Normal? 10 Questions on the Proposed New Competition Tool

Chillin'Competition, here. 

Why Jio-Facebook May Work Better Than A Google Or Amazon Combination

BloombergQuint, here. 

Tackling the COVID-19 challenge - competition policy perspectives

Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, here.

THE JURY IS OUT: AN ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED REFORMS TO AUSTRALIA’S MERGER CONTROL REGIME FOR ADDRESSING COMPETITIVE HARM IN THE (DIGITAL) ECONOMY

CliffordChance, here. 

Facebook hit by antitrust scrutiny after buying a site for GIFs

CNN, here. 

What's in a Name? The Marginal Standard of Review of "Complex Economic Assessments" in EU Competition Enforcement

A. Kilintiri, here. 

Resilience and competition law, in times of emergencies and crises: two research agendas

J. Nowag, here. 

The CMA is investigating the completed acquisition by Facebook, Inc of Giphy, Inc.

Here. 

Competition Law in Isolation

Video library, here. 

What will the Regulatory Horizons Council do for "us"?

Here. 

Shaping Europe's Digital Future

Council of the European Union, here. 

Apple adds anonymous symptom and health info sharing to its COVID-19 app and website

TechCrunch, here. 

GitLab acquires DevSecOps startups Peach Tech and Fuzzit

VentureBeat, here. 

General Magic

Documentary, here. 

How advertisers should adapt to the privacy-first future

J. Ryan, Remote Keynote here. 

Amazon Set to Face Antitrust Charges in European Union

NYTimes, here.
[Note to self: 2018 short "Amazon and the Law of the Jungle" here; 2016 article here]. First time I wondered about it here]

How we make decisions during a pandemic

K. Harmon Courage, here. 

Another response to the public consultation on “A European strategy for data”

 Transatlantic project “Principles for a Data Economy”, here. 

Competition rules for Big Tech and the digital economy

N. Petit & I. de Silva, Video here. 

‘AI-Generated Inventions’: Time to Get the Record Straight?

D. Kim, here. 

Data Trusts at CogX: Terrific Famel

Video here (look for it).

Competition Law in Isolation discusses market definition

Video, here. 

Re-imagining the Abuse of Economic Dependence in a Digital World

A. Rinaldi, here. 

Roadmap for an Antitrust Case Against Facebook

F.Scott Morton, D. Dinielli, here. 

EU seeks tougher checks on foreign buying of European firms

Reuters, here. 

Crisis management measures in the automotive industry

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

To define or not to define (the market), that is the problem

F. Costa-Cabral, here. 

Apple Could Cost Google $15 Billion By Buying DuckDuckGo, Analyst Says

Forbes, here. 

Google got rich from your data. DuckDuckGo is fighting back

Wired, here. 

FNE aprueba adquisición por parte de Copec de una bomba de Hualpén, aplicando la "Failing Firm Defense"

FNE, aquì.

Facebook unafraid of scrutiny as ACCC probes Giphy deal

SMH, here. 

Where Did Software Go Wrong?

J. Li, here. 

Money is data – the platformization of financial transactions

C. Westermeier, here. 

CASE AT.40220 Qualcomm (Exclusivity payments)

EC Decision here.

Commission approves acquisition of Bayer's animal health division by Elanco, subject to conditions

EC, here. 

EU competition law – market definition notice, feedback published

EC, here. 

CogX Live Streams

Here.

Competition in Ad Tech: A Response to Google

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Valuation of start ups and nascent companies

W. Holterman, Emergency Remote Presentation here

Conglomerate effects of mergers

M. Bourreau, Video here. 

An American's Guide to the GDPR

M. Jones, M. Kaminski, here. 

Concurrence & commerce en ligne

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Google dominates online ads — and DOJ may be ready to pounce

Politico.eu, here. 

Der Tanz mit den Giganten

NZZ, hier. 

What should we do about price gouging?

A. Fletcher, here. 

Do we make informed decisions when sharing our personal data?

D. Nguyen, here. 

Competition and Risk

D. Bloomfield, here. 

Preventing Data Authoritarianism

K. Pistor, here. 

Digitalisation and Competition Law

BWB, Proposition Paper, here. 

Start-ups, killer acquisitions and merger control

DoJ+FTC, here. 

SCHLÜSSELASPEKTE DIGITALER SOUVERÄNITÄT

T. Bendig, hier. 

Law for Computer Scientists and Other Folk

M. Hildebrandt, here. 

§ 19a GWB (Referentenentwurf „GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz“)

S. Louven, hier. 

Understanding EU data protection policy

EP Briefing, here. 

TWO YEARS UNDER THE EU GDPR

Access Now, here. 

Nicolas Anciaux : « L’agentivité, c’est le pouvoir d’utiliser collectivement nos données personnelles, sous forme de Big Data citoyen »

LINC, ici. 

Support studies for the evaluation of the VBER

EC, here. 

Two years into new EU privacy regime, questions hang over enforcement

Politico.eu, here. 

Avis concernant une proposition de loi relative à l’utilisation d’applications numériques de dépistage de contacts

Autorité de protection des données, ici. 

Verbesserung der DSGVO zum Schutz unserer Grundrechte

Digitale Gesellschaft, hier. 

An opportunity for openness and user agency in the proposed Facebook-Giphy merger

Mozilla, here. 

Google faces antitrust case in India over payments app

Reuters, here. 

Report by the DPC on the use of cookies and other tracking technologies

Data Protection Commission, here. 

REVISED ISSUES PAPER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

WIPO, here. 

Kartellgericht verurteilt Peugeot für Preisdiktat

Der Standard, hier. 

Amazon sellers are marking products as ‘collectible’ to get around price gouging rules

The Verge, here. 

The General Court annuls the European Commission’s prohibition of the Three/O2 merger – a reset for EU merger control?

Allen & Overy, here. 

The Law and Policy of Government Access to Private Sector Data (‘B2G Data Sharing’)

H. Richter, here. 

„Die wichtigste digitale Bestrebung Europas in dieser Generation“

FAZ, hier. 

What’s good for the goose ain’t good for the gander: heterogeneous innovation capabilities and the performance effects of R&D

A. Coad, N. Mathew, E. Pugliese, here. 

Designing regulation for digital platforms: Why economists need to work on business models

C. Caffarra et al., here. 

Decision 20-MC-01 of April 09, 2020

Autorité de la concurrence, here. 

Blockchain for supply chains and international trade

EPRS, here. 

Emergency Remote Teaching: a study of copyright and data protection policies of popular online services

R. Ducato et al. Part I, Part II. 

National COVID-19 contact tracing apps

EP Briefing, here. 

Fusión entre Uber y Cornershop

FNE, aquì.
And also @oecd, here. 

GAIA-X: The European project kicks off the next phase

Here. 

Commission to assess the proposed acquisition of Nets A/S account-to-account payment business by Mastercard

EC, here. 

App Users Say Plaid Collects Bank Logins Without Consent (1)

Bloomberg Law, here.
Complaint here. 

New Directions in Privacy and Competition Policy

M. MacCarthy, here. 

Show Me The (Data About The) Money! What You Didn’t Know About Data Aggregation Can Hurt You.

N. Packin, here. 

“The Portability and Other Required Transfers Impact Assessment (PORT-IA): Assessing Competition, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Other Considerations”

P. Swire, here. 

Data & Society Data & Society An Ecological Approach to Data Governance

J. McNealy, Podcast here. 

The Economics of the German Investigation of Facebook’s Data Collection

O. Budzinski, M. Grusevaja & V. Noskova, here. 

TWO YEARS UNDER THE EU GDPR

AccessNow, here. 

Nicolas Anciaux : « L’agentivité, c’est le pouvoir d’utiliser collectivement nos données personnelles, sous forme de Big Data citoyen »

LINC, here. 

Support studies for the evaluation of the VBER

EC, here. 

The US Copyright Office Section 512 Study: Why the Entertainment Industry Is Claiming Victory

P. Samuelson, here. 

Boosting the fight against ‘revolving doors’ in the EU in times of crisis

EU Law Live, here. 

First major GDPR decisions looming on Twitter and Facebook

TechCrunch, here. 

Section 512 Study

US Copyright Office, here. 

Pricing in an Emergency: Where Price Gouging Meets Antitrust

Proskauer, here. 

Monitoring von digitalen KommunikationsPlattformen und Gatekeepern des offenen Internetzugangs

RTR, hier. 

Digital Platforms and Antitrust

Thurman Arnold Project at Yale, here. 

How Apple Has Abused its Mobile Platform Dominance: Antitrust in the Consumer Platform Economy

S. Shao, here. 

Antitrust regulators have an eye on Big Tech’s spending spree

With M. Lemley, here. 

Competencia e intervención pública para la reconstrucción económica: riesgos y oportunidades

Jorge Padilla y Massimo Motta. Modera: Jerónimo Maíllo, aquì. 

Consumer Data Rights and Competition

W. Kerber, video here. 

Was the Obama Administration Too Soft on Big Tech?

Intelligencer, here.
Podcast here 🏃

Apple and Google launch exposure notification API, enabling public health authorities to release apps

TechCrunch, here. 

Merger moratorium takes center stage in antitrust debate

The Hill, here. 

Killer acquisitions

C. Cunningham, Video here. 

Mobiliteitsbedrijf Pon en NS mogen onder voorwaarden samen reis-app maken

ACM, hier. 

Australian watchdog says media could ‘boycott’ Google and Facebook to force them to pay for news

The Guardian, here. 

The impact of digitalization in cartel enforcement

ICN, Scoping Paper, here. 

Enquête sectorielle « fintechs » : l’Autorité lance une consultation publique

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Germany’s ‘Lex Apple Pay’: Payment Service Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement

J.-U. Franck, D. Linardatos, here. 

Search Preference Menus: Google Auction Ignores Screen Size and Scrolling

DuckDuckGo, here. 

Facebook's new shopping AI knows what exactly you're looking for

Engadget, here. 

Facebook takes on Amazon with online shopping venture

FT, here. 

Facebook to pay $9 million penalty to settle Competition Bureau concerns about misleading privacy claims

Competition Bureau, here.