Competition Law and Data

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Publication Date May 2016
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The increasing collection, processing and commercial use of data in digital markets has prompted a broad debate about the role of data in corporate strategies and the application of competition law to such strategies. Today several firms achieve high turnovers based on business models which involve the use of data.

In a joint project - Report Competition Law and Data - the French Autorité de la concurrence and the German Bundeskartellamt have analysed the implications and challenges for competition authorities resulting from data collection in the digital economy and other industries.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Publikation/DE/Berichte/Big%20Data%20Papier.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
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EurActiv, 12.05.16: Franco-German big data paper backs case-by-case competition scrutiny http://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/franco-german-big-data-paper-backs-case-by-case-competition-scrutiny/
Germany: Bundeskartellamt http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/EN/Home/home_node.html
France: Autorité de la Concurrence http://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.fr/user/standard.php?id_rub=79
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