Data protection and digital competition

Schrems II: France blocks US access to health data hub

Posted on 10 October 20207 January 2021 by Ian Brown

Thanks to action by the French data protection authority, the CNIL, the French government has made an emergency change to

The UK’s inadequate data protection framework

Posted on 9 October 20209 October 2020 by Douwe Korff

Once the Brexit withdrawal agreement “transition period” ends on 31 December 2020, the UK will become a “third country” under

EU-UK data flows post-2020

Posted on 3 October 20204 October 2020 by Ian Brown

Last week, @UKLawSociety hosted an extremely in-depth expert discussion on EU-UK Data Flows after 2020, featuring @DCMS, @MoJGovUK and @buchtan. Here’s my

Interoperability as a tool for competition regulation

Posted on 1 October 20207 January 2021 by Ian Brown

Many thanks to Jonathan Todd for helping put together this condensed version of my first preprint on interoperability and competition.

DSA: banned gatekeeper practices

Posted on 30 September 202030 September 2020 by Ian Brown

Here’s an OCR’d version of the European Commission’s leaked working document on Digital Services Act banned practices by “gatekeeper” platforms

The Lives of Europeans

Posted on 19 September 202016 January 2021 by Ian Brown

The US Commerce Secretary finally understands how many non-Americans feel about #SurveillanceCapitalism.

Ten largest corporations by market capitalisation

DSA: does greater power require additional regulation?

Posted on 18 September 202018 September 2020 by Ian Brown

On 15 September, the Digital Clearinghouse organised this interesting webinar, featuring speakers from the German and UK competition authorities: Digital Services