In its Communication "Building a European data economy" the EU Commission discusses the introduction of a new exclusive property right on data ("data producer right") for non-personal (or anonymised) machine-generated data, and mandatory access rights to privately held data for achieving more...

Introduction -- Defining big data -- Smartphones as an example of how big data and privacy intersect -- The competitive significance of big data -- Why haven't market forces addressed consumers' privacy concerns? -- The US's and EU's mixed record in assessing data-driven mergers -- Agencies...

It is widespread international practice that cargo liners meet at regular conferences to fix prices and quotas for individual routes. Presently, however, the respective European regulation granting liners an exemption from competition laws is under review. Liners claim that conferences are a...