Tag: Privacy
Fresh thinking needed to keep Big Tech in check
By the Financial Times Editorial Board
The Federal Trade Commission’s $5bn fine for Facebook — assuming it is approved by the Department of Justice —...
UK: Data breach costs British Airways record fine
According to BBC News, the UK’s privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), has fined British Airways a record £183 million (US$229 million) fine for...
CPI EU News: FCO Facebook Quadriptych
March 2019
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
CPI EU News: FCO Facebook Quadriptych
In early February 2019, the...
Data Protection and Antitrust: New Types of Abuse Cases? An Economist’s...
Many services on the Internet are seemingly offered for free. People do not have to pay for them, at least not with money. The...
Apple/Shazam: Data Is Power, But Not A Problem Here
December 2018
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
Apple/Shazam: Data Is Power, But Not A Problem Here By...
Themes and Takeaways from the FTC Hearings on the Intersection of...
November 2018
Themes and Takeaways from the FTC Hearings on the Intersection of Big Data, Privacy, and Competition By Elena Kamenir (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe)1
On...
Germany sets up body to lead modernisation of competition law
Posted by Out-Law
Germany sets up body to lead modernisation of competition law
By Michael Reich
A new body tasked with proposing reforms to competition law to better...
How to Economize Consumer Protection
Posted by Social Science Research Network
How to Economize Consumer Protection
By Michael R. Baye (Indiana University) & Joshua D. Wright (George Mason University)
The US antitrust...
Data Accumulation and the Privacy-Antitrust Interface: Insights from the Facebook Case...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Data Accumulation and the Privacy-Antitrust Interface: Insights from the Facebook Case for the EU and the US
By Giuseppe Colangelo...
Protecting Consumers in Privacy and Data Security: A Perspective of Information...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Protecting Consumers in Privacy and Data Security: A Perspective of Information Economics
By Ginger Zhe Jin (University of Maryland) &...