European Privacy and Antitrust Regulators Join Forces on Corporate Data
Joint policy initiatives between competition and data protection regulators picked up speed in 2021, aiming to crack down on how large companies use personal data. Some regulators are calling for greater alignment between antitrust and privacy oversight bodies to control corporate data misuse and prevent companies from using consumer data to gain an unfair competitive advantage.
Big tech companies have come under close review from regulators concerned about the competition effects of data practices, but there could be implications for other industries that generate and process large amounts of consumer data, experts say.
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