This article analyzes the interaction of EU competition, consumer and data protection law in the digital economy. We compare the objectives, rules and enforcement structures of these legal regimes, and we discuss market failures that justify regulatory intervention in digital markets. In...

The advent of big data analytics has favoured the emergence of forms of price discrimination based on consumers' profiles and their online behaviour (i.e. personalised pricing). The paper analyses this practice as a possible exploitative abuse by dominant online platforms. The paper argues that,...

- The recent interim ruling of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court in the Facebook case shows the difficulties that a competition authority might face when it comes to sanctioning exploitative abuses in digital markets.- Rather than adopting infringement decisions, competition agencies should...