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German antitrust authority prohibits Facebook from combining users’ personal data

Photo of Christoph Ritzer (DE)Photo of Maxim Kleine (DE)Photo of Natalia Filkina (DE)By Christoph Ritzer (DE), Maxim Kleine (DE) and Natalia Filkina (DE) on Posted in General
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 7 February 2019, the German antitrust authority (Bundeskartellamt, the FCO) ruled against Facebook combining user personal data from different sources, saying it was exploiting its position as a dominant social media company in violation of the EU data protection laws. The FCO said that Facebook abused its market dominance in: collecting, merging and using … Continue reading

Big data: French and German authorities explore antitrust issues

Photo of Jay Modrall (BE)By Jay Modrall (BE) on Posted in Compliance and risk management, Data breach, General
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn May 10, 2016, the French and German antitrust authorities published a joint study on competition law and the collection and use of data, particularly so-called big data (the Big Data Study). Data protection as such is outside the scope of EU competition laws, but antitrust authorities have considered the significance of data on a … Continue reading
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