ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS PUTTING ULTRASOUND ON YOUR PHONE

Wired, here. 

Big Data Poses Special Risks for Children, Says UNICEF

TechnologyReview, here. 

Google-Manager Eric Schmidt warnt vor China

FAZ. hier. 

The Economics of Attention Markets

D. Evans, here. 

TÜV kritisiert Autohersteller für den Umgang mit Daten

FAZ, hier. 

Eigentumsordnung‘ für Mobilitätsdaten

Telemedicus, Stellungnahme hier. 

#gruesseausmoskau

Süddeutsche Zeitung, hier. 

Datenschutzbeauftragter schlägt Gütesiegel für Gesundheits-Apps vor

Heise.de, hier. 

Technology-led innovation and emerging services in the Canadian financial services sector

Competition Bureau, here (my own pdf here).

Artificial Intelligence Has Officially Infiltrated the Fintech Industry

Inc, here. 

May Your Drug Price Be Ever Green

R. Feldman, C. Wang, here. 

Amazon found an ingenious new way to undercut its competitors ahead of the holidays

Quartz, here. 

Google and Salesforce sign massive strategic partnership

VentureBeat, here. 

Datenmärkte in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft: Funktionsdefizite und Regelungsbedarf?

H. Schweitzer, M. Peitz, hier. 

Foundem on Google's Auction-Based Proposal

Here. 

Piracy site for science research dinged again in court—this time for $4.8M

ArsTechnica, here. 

Computer says no: why making AIs fair, accountable and transparent is crucial

TheGuardian, here. 

Clearing the path for innovation

M. Vestager, here. 

The EU’s competition chief explains why punishing Big Tech is good for innovation

Quartz, here. 

TESLA’S DANGEROUS SPRINT INTO THE FUTURE

NYT Magazine, here. 

7th Circuit confronts antitrust in the age of Big Data

Reuters, here. 

UK Data Protection Bill vs EU General Data Protection Regulation

ComputerWeekly, here. 

IP Europe’s Disingenuous Case for Giving its Members a License to Discriminate

Actonline, here. 

Why we need to regulate the tech platforms and how

FT, here. 

SPOTIFY, DEEZER AND SOUNDCLOUD LAUNCH EUROPEAN LOBBYING COALITION

Musically, here. 

Vergleichsportale in Deutschland

WIK-Consult, hier. 

Paying for Privacy and the Personal Data Economy

S.-A. Elvy, here. 

FIFA and FIFPro sign landmark agreement and announce measures to enhance professional football

FIFA, here. 

Unobserved collusion: warning signs and concerns

R. Marshall, here. 

Fintech, Access to Data, and the Role of Competition Policy

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), Presentation here.
(Paper in the pipeline - if you have any comment so far, please let me know).

Amazon gets green light for massive discounts from ACCC chairman Rod Sims

AFR, here.

TECH GOES TO WASHINGTON

Stratechery, here.

CMA opens four new pharma antitrust probes

Slaughter and May, here.

Hotel Direct-Booking Pushes Really Worked and Owners Were Big Winners

Skift, here.

Tackling disinformation in the global media environment – new Council of Europe report

Council of Europe, here.

Facebook’s hackproof ads turned its adblocking problem in to a $709 million revenue stream

Pagefair, here.

European consumers’ attitudes toward data privacy, in 5 charts

Digiday, here.

WP29 on a reverse search directory

Opinion, here.

PSD2: Commission Provides Long-Awaited Update on RTS and Screen-Scraping

Vasco, here.

Two roads diverged in the woods: on non-personal data as a legal category in the EU

J. Jache, here. 

Google remembers it has an air-fares API, takes the usual action

TheRegister, here. 

Inside the ePrivacy Regulation's furious lobbying war

iapp, here. 

Privacy and public transit usage: comments on Metrolinx' revisions to privacy policy

TeresaScassa, here. 

Are Canada’s grocers fixing bread prices?

TheStar, here. 

Coders of the world, unite: can Silicon Valley workers curb the power of Big Tech?

TheGuardian, here. 

Tech on the Hill: Five takeaways from the first of three hearings this week.

Recode, here. 

Scaling Nudges with Machine Learning

C. Risdon, here. 

How Washington Should Regulate Facebook

H. Singer, here. 

Belgique – Le prix unique du livre papier et numérique adopté

idBook, ici. 

How National Governments Can Help Smart Cities Succeed

Certer for Data Innovation, here. 

Seattle Woman Says Her Identity Has Been Stolen 15 Times Since Equifax Data Breach

HuffPost, here. 

Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control

G. Parker, M. Van Alstyne, here. 

Portugal bans use of DRM that limits access to public domain works

EDRi/EFF, here. 

Action brought on 11 September 2017 – Google and Alphabet v Commission

Here. 

“We own your name” government tells Amazon in explosive slapdown

DomainIncite, here. 

Level and open markets are good for business

J. Laitenberger, here.
"Algorithm should be designed to comply with competition rules in the first place. Respect for the rules must be part of the algorithm that a company configures and for whose behaviour the company will be ultimately liable"

Smart Technologies: Connected Cars & Beyond

G. De Stefano, Presentation here (waiting for the Video...).

Intellectual Property for the Twenty-First-Century Economy

J. Stiglitz, D. Baker, A. Jayadev, here. 

There’s precedent for Amazon competing with so many companies. It doesn’t end well.

Quartz, here. 

Communications Sector Market Study

ACCC, Draft Report here. 

Competition and Regulatory Trends in Digital Markets

A. Chirita, here. 

Données, algorithmes et transparence des plateformes

Autorité de la concurrence
Vendredi 24 novembre 2017
ECOLE NATIONALE D’ADMINISTRATION
2 Avenue de l’Observatoire 75006 Paris
Programme ici.
Les débats seront filmés et mis en ligne sur le site Internet de l'Autorité.

CMA launches consumer law investigation into hotel booking sites

CMA, here. 

Google and Facebook: EU’s Draft ePrivacy Regulation Passes Committee and Parliament Vote

Capitol Forum, here. 

The ‘Amazon Effect’ Is Slicing Into Bayer's U.S. Consumer Business

Bloomberg, here. 

Would you donate your data for the collective good?

FT, here. 

Cartels and Chicken Paprikash

The Chopping Board Economist, Video here. 

1-800 contacts

FTC, Administrative Law Judge, here.

Data Protection and Copyright: Could Art. 29 WP guidance on automated decision-making “help” with filters?

S. Stalla-Bourdillon, here.

Tinder must be joking with their “dowload your data” option.

J.G., here.

THE WEB BEGAN DYING IN 2014, HERE'S HOW

A. Staltz, here.

Walden Releases Op-Ed Announcing Hearings on Tech Companies Affecting Consumer Privacy and Choice

E&C, here.

Feasibility study on the microeconomic impact of enforcement of competition policies on innovation

P. Osmosi, A. Bennato, S. Davies and F. Mariuzzo, here.

Concorrência e Inovação (ICYRAAI)

06 de novembro de 2017
 Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Rua da Consolação, 896, portão 7 ou
 Rua Itambé, 135, portão 1
 Auditório Mackgraphe
São Paulo
Programa aqui.

In case you are around and interested

Tuesday 31 October 9.30-11

Alberto Parrella (former Uni Trento/Pisa master student and much more)
Data Analyst, Twitter
"Data driven businesses: how social media empower products through data".
Contamination Lab
Piazza Fiera, 4
Trento

Google antitrust remedy falls short of EU demands

FT,  here.

Google outwits the European Commission once again

G. Reback, here.

Dutch telco KPN wins appeal against cable rivals’ merger

FT, here.
GC's Ruling here. 

Top German court seeks comments on patent court challenge

Lawgazette.co.uk, here. 

RETOUR SUR LES INITIATIVES DE MAÎTRISE DES DONNÉES PERSONNELLES : SELF DATA, CLOUD PERSONNEL

Laboratoire.agencedunumerique, ici. 

FRANCE, SPAIN & PORTUGAL IMPOSE TROJAN © HORSE ON COUNCIL AGENDA

CopyBuzz, here. 

Facebook launches Marketplace for cars with dealers and Blue Book pricing

Techcrunch, here. 

Gesundheitsportal in Dänemark macht Patienten zu gleichberechtigten Partnern

Heise.de, hier. 

International data transfers – A recap

E. Ustaran, here. 

Großbritannien führt Data Protection Bill ein: Prepare for Brexit

Spirit Legal, hier. 

A smart city in China tracks every citizen and yours could too

New Scientist, here. 

Wie die Umkleidekabine der Zukunft aussieht

FAZ, hier. 

Lessons learned from WP29's letter to WhatsApp

iapp, here.

What competition can do – and what it can't

M. Vestager, here. 

The Future of Online Dating Is Unsexy and Brutally Effective

Gizmodo, here. 

IN SAS DECISION, APPELLATE COURT DODGES ADDRESSING ORACLE

J. Band, here. 

EDPS recommendations on specific aspects of the proposed ePrivacy Regulation

EDPS, here. 

Google Targeted Again as EU Is Said to Weigh Search-Result Rules

Bloomberg, here.

From the Commission's Agenda 2018, here:
Proposal on fairness in platform-to-business relations (legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018); an initiative addressing online platform challenges as regards the spreading of fake information (non-legislative, Q1 2018); 

How behavioral economics is being used against you

MarketWatch, here. 

Current account switching at new low

BBC, here. 

Kartellamt durchleuchtet Internet-Vergleichsportale

FAZ, hier. 

Privacy Shield: EU-Datenschützer distanzieren sich von der Kommission

Heise.de, hier. 

Lufthansa muss wegen Air-Berlin-Übernahme wohl Strecken abgeben

FAZ, hier. 

Intellectual Property Rights in the Recreational Cannabis Market

Jeremydebeer, here. 

CJEU opens way to mounting data protection rules for Facebook

FT, here.