On 24 March 2021, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (DHRC) suspended the proceedings in the case Facebook v. Bundeskartellamt and referred the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for interpretation of the General Data Protection Regulatio…
SourceSupreme court overturns the court of appeals and upholds the BKA ruling that excessive data collection and combination constitutes a breach of competition law.
SourceCourt of appeals suspends the application of the BKA ruling that excessive data collection and combination constitutes a breach of competition law.
SourceThe German competition authority (BKA) rules that excessive data collection by platforms (i.c. Facebook) outside of their own realm (i.c. on Instagram/Whatsapp) and combination of this data constitutes an abuse of dominant position under competition…
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