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UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds

UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
February 12, 2021  |  Regulation

Switzerland-headquartered global online travel booking platform Lastminute.com could be facing legal action from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over missing the refund deadline...

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UK Competition Watchdog Breached 150 Times In Past Two Years
UK Competition Watchdog Breached 150 Times In Past Two Years
February 09, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

In the past two years, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been hit by 150 personal data breaches — 81 cases of unauthorized...

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UK Antitrust Agency Orders Viagogo To Divest Chunk Of StubHub Operations
UK Antitrust Agency Orders Viagogo To Divest Chunk Of StubHub Operations
February 02, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Citing competition concerns, the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog is ordering Viagogo to sell StubHub’s international business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Competition Concerns Spark UK Probe Into Uber’s Autocab Deal
Competition Concerns Spark UK Probe Into Uber’s Autocab Deal
January 29, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Uber’s planned acquisition of Autocab is being investigated by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for suspected anticompetitive behavior, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan....

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UK Regulators To Probe Google Chrome Changes Over Antitrust Fears
UK Regulators To Probe Google Chrome Changes Over Antitrust Fears
January 08, 2021  |  International

Concerns continue to grow over Google’s plan to update the Chrome web browser, with the U.K.’s competition watchdog reportedly eyeing the issue of third-party cookies,...

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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns
Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns
January 01, 2021  |  Regulation

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms …...

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UK Moves To Regulate Big Tech With Proposed New Watchdog Group
UK Moves To Regulate Big Tech With Proposed New Watchdog Group
December 08, 2020  |  Regulation

The U.K. government is moving to regulate Big Tech by establishing a new watchdog group aimed at encouraging competition within the digital sector. Get the...

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Facebook Agrees To Labeling Program For UK Instagram Posts
Facebook Agrees To Labeling Program For UK Instagram Posts
October 16, 2020  |  Regulation

Facebook’s Ireland and United Kingdom unit has agreed to change the way Instagram works to “make it much harder for people to post an (advertisement)...

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UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
October 09, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Britain’s top antitrust regulator proposed Friday (Oct. 9) that the country contemplate creating a new regulatory unit whose approval would be required before any dominant...

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