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EU Regulators Unify Privacy and Antitrust Enforcement With Joint Guidelines
EU regulators have announced joint guidelines unifying privacy and antitrust enforcement, closing a decade-long loophole where platforms could play data protection authorities against competition authorities. The October 15 stakeholder consultation will codify how regulators interpret mass data collection as simultaneously violating both privacy and competition law.
◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
If you operate in Europe and collect user data at scale, you can no longer settle a privacy fine and expect to escape an antitrust investigation—the two regulators now speak one language. Your data collection practice is now assessed as a single illegal act, not two separate cases you can divide.
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