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Abuse of Dominance Antitrust Violations General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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Unfair Data Protection Practices May Constitute an Abuse of Market Power

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The Situation: An investigation launched in 2016 by the German competition authority was meant to determine if Facebook was abusing its market position with its imposition of "misleading" data protection policies. The...more

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German Antitrust Authority Finds Antitrust Infringement on the Basis of a Data Protection Breach

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The German antitrust authority (FCO) has ordered Facebook to stop collecting data outside Facebook’s platform without the user’s “voluntary consent.” The decision breaks new ground because it links data protection and...more

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An American Tech Company in King Brussels’ Court: A Cautionary Tale

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The European Union’s antitrust regulator recently imposed a record €2.42 billion fine against Google, finding that the company had “abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another...more

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