Germany: BKA decision qualifying external data collection as breach of competition law
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BKA decision qualifying external data collection as breach of competition law
The 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 law, introducing a paradigm shift and suspending the data merging by the platform.
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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
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2019-02-06
in force
2019-08-26
under appeal
2020-06-23
in force