Because of the reliance on market analysis, current competition law may not be sufficiently fit for taking account of disruptive innovation which leads to the introduction of new products or services overthrowing existing markets. In the US, innovation has been given a more prominent place in...

The purpose of this article is to examine the alignment of the respective data protection and privacy, consumer protection and competition law policy agendas through the lens of pre-formulated declarations of consent whereby data subjects agree to the processing of their personal data by...

The study investigates competitive pressures telecom operators experience from internet-based communication services. Developments in the European market show an accelerating increase in usage of online communication services (OCS); end-users increasingly regard OCS as substitutes for...

The study investigates competitive pressures telecom operators experience from internet-based communication services. Developments in the European market show an accelerating increase in usage of online communication services (OCS); end-users increasingly regard OCS as substitutes for...

Online platforms have the characteristics of a particular type of market known as ‘multi-sided'. These businesses create value by bringing advertisers and users together. Access to user data is critical to this process. On the basis of economic literature, the features of multi-sided platforms...

This article explores the scope of application and possible implementation of the right to data portability as introduced in the proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation. In March 2014, the European Parliament adopted amendments to the proposal that was introduced by the European...