Ownership of data might be an antitrust issue if that information isn’t available to others, the German and French antitrust authorities say in a joint report
- Regulators have so far mostly looked at data in merger cases like Facebook/WhatsApp and Google/Doubleclick
- “Data advantage” that gives firms power over rivals hasn’t yet been examined as a possible monopoly abuse
- Data gathered by networks “may be as rich or even richer” than search engines
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