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17 Apr 2019
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Germany
In einem Beitrag für das Online-Magazin FAZ Einspruch analysieren Marcel Nuys and Juliana Penz die Entscheidung des Bundeskartellamts gegen Facebook. Zum ersten Mal stützt ein europäischer Wettbewerbshüter eine kartellrechtliche Entscheidung auf datenschutzrechtliche Erwägungen – und muss sich fragen lassen, ob er damit möglicherweise seine Kompetenz überschreitet.
In an article featured in the German online magazine FAZ Einspruch, Marcel Nuys and Juliana Penz analyse a recent decision of Germany's Federal Cartel Office against Facebook. For the first time, a European competition authority based a competition law decision on data protection principles – and must ask itself whether it may have exceeded its competencies in doing so.
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