Germany: Upholding of BKA decision qualifying external data collection as breach of competition law by supreme court

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Upholding of BKA decision qualifying external data collection as breach of competition law by supreme court

Supreme court overturns the court of appeals and upholds the BKA ruling that excessive data collection and combination constitutes a breach of competition law.

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Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court

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2019-02-06
in force

The German competition authority (BKA) rules that excessive data collection by platforms (i.c. Face…

2019-08-26
under appeal

Court of appeals suspends the application of the BKA ruling that excessive data collection and comb…

2020-06-23
in force

Supreme court overturns the court of appeals and upholds the BKA ruling that excessive data collect…

2021-03-24
under investigation

On 24 March 2021, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (DHRC) suspended the proceedings in the case…