In a world where data is hailed as the new oil, fueling the engines of the digital economy, recent cases involving Google and Meta have brought to light a concerning intersection between privacy violations and potential antitrust breaches.
The Competition Authority (AGCM) has launched an investigation in Italy against Google alleging abuse of a dominant position resulting from limitations imposed by the group on data portability to other operators.
Booking.com reached a settlement with competition authorities on "most favourite nation" clauses that have been deemed to be in breach of competition laws, with potential consequences for the whole ecommerce market.