Italy: Competition investigation into Google, Apple and Dropbox for alleged abuse of dominance in the cloud computing service market

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
07 Sep 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

07 Sep 2020
under deliberation

Investigation launched into Google, Apple and Dropbox for unfair practices in the cloud computing service market

The Italian competition and markets authority (autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato) launched an investigation into Google, Apple and Dropbox for unfair practices and violations of the Consumer Rights Directive on 7 September 2020.

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority