European Union: European Commission and European Data Protection Board agreed to develop joint guidance on the interplay between EU competition law and data protection law

On 28 April 2026, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) agreed to develop joint guidance on the interplay between EU competition law and data protection law. The joint work will focus on selected situations where data protection law is relevant for competition law assessment and, conversely, where competition law considerations are relevant for data protection law. The initiative aims to ensure a coherent approach between the two frameworks and to provide economic actors and enforcers with clarity on their rights and duties. It builds on the joint guidelines on the interplay between the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), announced by the European Commission and the EDPB in 2024.