The digitalisation of the economy with data as the new critical resource is a technological revolution which requires an adaptation of the legal framework for markets and the economy. This paper analyzes the privacy concerns in the digital economy from an economics perspective. What can we learn...

A number of issues arise with regard to competition law and data protection, in particular in the online services context. For one, the relationship between competition law and privacy is yet to be fully understood and we discuss below the aspects of this conundrum: first, we look into the issue...

Everyone is talking about the relationship between data protection, “data power” and competition law. The increasing importance of data and the presumed concentration of data in the hands of certain companies have stoked fears, leading to calls for political regulation and increased...

Due to the key role of personal data in the digital economy competition law and data protection law are getting deeply intertwined. This article uses a market failure framework for analyzing new important interaction effects between both legal regimes. Since on digital markets competition...

In the era of digital markets, companies are able to collect an unprecedented amount of personal information about their customers. With big data increasingly being employed in all areas of the economy, competition authorities face the question of how prominently data are to feature in...

This paper argues that that it is possible to include privacy concerns in EU competition law while balancing economic efficiency and consumer welfare by the simultaneous application of EU data protection law. The personal data of consumers evidently has monetary value as companies provide...

Digital economy has come forth as a stimulator for rapid change in business processes and consumption patterns, with technology companies increasing their market share and coming out as top performers in the global and national value chains. The key resource for these companies is the data...

EU Competition Law, Data Protection and Online Platforms. Data as Essential Facility' provides a highly topical study of how EU competition law interacts with data on online platforms. All agree that the digital economy contributes to a dynamic evolution of markets and competition. Nonetheless,...