Interaction between EU competition law and data protection in digital markets : striving for coherence

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dc.contributor.authorMAJCHER, Klaudia
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-28T15:44:23Z
dc.date.available2025-05-28T15:44:23Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionPublished: 20 May 2025
dc.description.abstractThis chapter explores the interplay between EU competition law and data protection in digital markets. Having provided an overview of shared values such as welfare, fairness, individual sovereignty, and the mitigation of power and information asymmetries, it discusses how these overarching commonalities manifest in the practical enforcement of these legal domains and explores strategies to enhance coherence between them. The chapter focuses on two areas of EU competition law: abuse of a dominant position and merger control. Regarding the former, the analysis scrutinises how data protection harm can be captured by exploitative and exclusionary abuses. Additionally, it explores how business conduct that allegedly improves data protection, but simultaneously restricts competition, should be approached under competition law. Insights are also provided into the integration of the notions of power and dominance into GDPR analyses. Regarding merger control, the chapter illustrates how data protection considerations have been and can be integrated into substantive merger assessments, and how merger remedies can be designed in a more privacy-friendly manner.en
dc.identifier.citationPier Luigi PARCU, Maria Alessandra ROSSI and Marco BOTTA (eds), Research handbook on competition and technology, Cheltenham ; Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, Research handbooks in competition law, pp. 297-324
dc.identifier.doi10.4337/9781035302642.00025
dc.identifier.isbn9781035302635
dc.identifier.isbn9781035302642
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/92749
dc.language.isoen
dc.orcid.putcode1814/79201:184938841
dc.publisherEdward Elgar Publishing
dc.subjectData protection
dc.subjectPrivacy, General Data Protection Regulation
dc.subjectMerger control
dc.subjectAbuse of dominance
dc.subjectCoherence
dc.titleInteraction between EU competition law and data protection in digital markets : striving for coherenceen
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