ZWeR 2014, 169
Information at the crossroads of competition and data protection law
Information is increasingly becoming a valuable currency in online businesses and, thereby, a competition factor, however, equally an important element of privacy. This article addresses the only weakly researched relationship between competition law and data protection law outlining potential factors that can contribute to a suitable balance of the two legal sectors.
Contents
- I. Introduction
- II. Importance of information for businesses
- 1. Information and personal data from an economic perspective
- 2. Role of information and personal data
- 3. Competition advantages through information
- III. Competition concerns caused by information and data
- 1. Relationship between competition and data protection law
- 2. Approaches for privacy as competition concern
- 2.1 Imperfect information problem
- 2.2 Privacy as fundamental right
- 3. Specific problems with regard to the interaction of competition law and privacy
- 3.1 Exclusionary behaviour
- 3.2 Right of portability
- IV. Availability of appropriate antitrust remedies?
- 1. Relevant case law in Europe
- 2. Application to personal data problems
- 3. General problems
- V. Conclusion and prospects
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- *)Prof. Dr., Chair Professor for Civil, Commercial and European Law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong and Attorney-at-Law in Zurich. The author would like to thank Dr. Stephanie Volz, Attorney-at-Law, Zurich, for her very valuable research assistance.
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