March 19, 2024
Regulating Data Protection in Cloud Computing
The ever-growing adoption of cloud-based solutions by businesses brings with it a number of compliance challenges, not the least of which are those related to data protection law. Ranging from...
March 12, 2024
German Cartel Office Finds Deutsche Bahn Guilty of Antitrust Violations
The German Federal Cartel Office has determined that Deutsche Bahn (DB) is in breach of antitrust law, accusing the state-owned railway behemoth of leveraging its market dominance against mobility platforms....
March 11, 2024
Swedish Court Fines Klarna $733,324 for Flaws in Privacy Notice
Klarna has reportedly been fined 7.5 million Swedish crowns ($733,324) after a Swedish court ruled that the company violated the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Sweden’s Administrative...
March 08, 2024
AI and Product Safety Standards Under the EU AI Act
By: Hadrien Pouget & Ranj Zuhdi (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Following the recent agreement on the European Union’s groundbreaking artificial intelligence legislation, the focus now shifts to the challenging...
February 28, 2024
AI in Pricing Algorithms: Beware Falling Foul of Antitrust Rules...
The use of algorithms to determine prices has become ubiquitous: companies of all sizes are today able to access the data and technology required to analyze complex supply and demand...
February 22, 2024
Online Safety and Pro-Competition Regulation: Friends or Foes?
Does regulating social media for user safety conflict with fostering competitive digital markets? Contrary to the misconception that the two goals are at odds, this article contends that emerging pro-competitive...
February 16, 2024
From Data Myths to Data Reality: What Generative AI Can...
It is often said that so-called “data network effects” entrench incumbents in both the markets where data is collected and adjacent markets. If true, this suggests the largest online platforms...
February 16, 2024
Not All E-Commerce Businesses are Born Equal: Implications for Privacy...
This paper discusses privacy concerns and privacy regulation under two different e-commerce business models: a pure marketplace and a hybrid marketplace. In previous papers we have found that the nature...
February 14, 2024
FinTechs Believe CFPB’s 1033 Rule Will Bring ‘Clarity’ to Data...
Matt Janiga, legal counsel and director of regulatory and public affairs at Trustly, told PYMNTS that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s open banking rule, commonly referred to as Rule 1033...
