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Comment: Meta antitrust case leads EU court to give competition watchdogs power to invoke privacy rules

By Matthew Newman ( July 4, 2023, 16:04 GMT | Comment) -- European competition authorities may increasingly invoke data protection rules in antitrust probes after a closely watched case involving Meta Platforms' appeal against a German antitrust decision gave the EU's top judges the chance to clarify the role of competition and data protection authorities. The EU’s highest court said Germany’s competition watchdog can find violations of the EU’s data protection rules as part of abuse of market-power probe into Meta Platforms. EU judges also provided guidance on sensitive data and users' consent for targeted ads.European competition authorities may increasingly invoke data protection rules in antitrust probes, after the EU’s highest court said today that personal data is essential to the digital economy and can be a factor in companies’ market dominance....

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