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Digital Competition and Data Regulation in the EU: Analysing the Interplay between the DMA and the GDPR.

Codinach I Grau, Queralt LU (2024) JAEM01 20241
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
Since its publication in December 2020, the European Commission's Digital Markets Act (DMA) has become a cornerstone of the European legislative framework, aiming to address the dominance of the ‘Big Tech’ companies and promote fairness in Europe's digital platform economy. The DMA targets unfair practices and weak competition in the digital economy, focusing on data-driven dominance by imposing obligations on gatekeepers to share end-user-related information with business users. This comprehensive legal anal-ysis explores the DMA’s impact on two fields; the first one aims to analyse the impact of its appearance on the European Union (EU) competition law and tries to tackle on the idea that could provoke, or not, an overlapping of... (More)
Since its publication in December 2020, the European Commission's Digital Markets Act (DMA) has become a cornerstone of the European legislative framework, aiming to address the dominance of the ‘Big Tech’ companies and promote fairness in Europe's digital platform economy. The DMA targets unfair practices and weak competition in the digital economy, focusing on data-driven dominance by imposing obligations on gatekeepers to share end-user-related information with business users. This comprehensive legal anal-ysis explores the DMA’s impact on two fields; the first one aims to analyse the impact of its appearance on the European Union (EU) competition law and tries to tackle on the idea that could provoke, or not, an overlapping of legislation. On the other hand, while the DMA was designed to curb the power of major tech companies, the DMA’s integration with existing frameworks like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduces regulatory and technical challenges. These challenges include ensuring GDPR compliant data sharing, which gatekeepers could potentially use as a justification to re-frain from sharing data or favour themselves, even though the DMA was de-signed to tackle their dominance (Less)
Popular Abstract (Swedish)
Sedan den offentliggjordes i december 2020 har Europeiska kommissionens förordning om digitala marknader (DMA) blivit en hörnsten i det europeiska regelverket, med syftet att adressera "Big Tech"-företagens dominans och främja rättvisa i Europas digitala plattformsekonomi. DMA riktar in sig på illojala metoder och svag konkurrens i den digitala ekonomin, med fokus på datadriven dominans genom att införa skyldigheter för portvakter att dela slutanvändarrelaterad information med företagsanvändare. Denna omfattande juridiska analys undersöker DMA:s inverkan på två områden: det första syftar till att analysera vilken inverkan dess uppkomst har på Europeiska unionens (nedan kallad EU) konkurrensrätt och försöker ta itu med den idé som skulle... (More)
Sedan den offentliggjordes i december 2020 har Europeiska kommissionens förordning om digitala marknader (DMA) blivit en hörnsten i det europeiska regelverket, med syftet att adressera "Big Tech"-företagens dominans och främja rättvisa i Europas digitala plattformsekonomi. DMA riktar in sig på illojala metoder och svag konkurrens i den digitala ekonomin, med fokus på datadriven dominans genom att införa skyldigheter för portvakter att dela slutanvändarrelaterad information med företagsanvändare. Denna omfattande juridiska analys undersöker DMA:s inverkan på två områden: det första syftar till att analysera vilken inverkan dess uppkomst har på Europeiska unionens (nedan kallad EU) konkurrensrätt och försöker ta itu med den idé som skulle kunna framkalla, eller inte framkalla, en överlappning av lagstiftning. Å andra sidan, medan DMA utformades för att begränsa de stora teknikföretagens makt, innebar integreringen av DMA med existerande ramverk likt den allmänna dataskyddsförordningen (GDPR) rättsliga och tekniska utmaningar. Dessa utmaningar inbegriper att säkerställa att datadelning sker i enlighet med GDPR, vilket portvakter potentiellt skulle kunna använda som ett rättfärdigande för att avstå från att dela data eller gynna sig själva, trots att DMA utformades för att hantera deras dominans (Less)
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author
Codinach I Grau, Queralt LU
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organization
course
JAEM01 20241
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Digital Markets Act, General Data Protection Regulation, EU competition law, gatekeeper, digital markets, data, DMA, portability obligation, without prejudice.
language
English
id
9159815
date added to LUP
2024-06-25 11:55:35
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2024-06-25 11:55:35
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  abstract     = {{Since its publication in December 2020, the European Commission's Digital Markets Act (DMA) has become a cornerstone of the European legislative framework, aiming to address the dominance of the ‘Big Tech’ companies and promote fairness in Europe's digital platform economy. The DMA targets unfair practices and weak competition in the digital economy, focusing on data-driven dominance by imposing obligations on gatekeepers to share end-user-related information with business users. This comprehensive legal anal-ysis explores the DMA’s impact on two fields; the first one aims to analyse the impact of its appearance on the European Union (EU) competition law and tries to tackle on the idea that could provoke, or not, an overlapping of legislation. On the other hand, while the DMA was designed to curb the power of major tech companies, the DMA’s integration with existing frameworks like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduces regulatory and technical challenges. These challenges include ensuring GDPR compliant data sharing, which gatekeepers could potentially use as a justification to re-frain from sharing data or favour themselves, even though the DMA was de-signed to tackle their dominance}},
  author       = {{Codinach I Grau, Queralt}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Digital Competition and Data Regulation in the EU: Analysing the Interplay between the DMA and the GDPR.}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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