Data Protection as a Goal of EU Competition Law

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PREFACE  III

TABLE OF CONTENTS  V

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS  VII

ÖZET  IX

ABSTRACT  IX

1.   Introduction: 1

2.   Facebook v. Germany Case: 3

I)    Decision of the Federal Cartel Office(‘Bundeskartelamt’): 3

a)  Statement of Facts: 3

b)  Legal Assessment of Federal Cartel Office: 4

II)   Decision of Federal Court of Justice: 7

3.   The Goals of EU Competition Law: 11

I)    More Economic Approach: 13

II)   Ordoliberal Approach: 15

III)  Commission’s Perspective: 20

4.   The Role of Data in Competition Law and Interplay Between Data Protection and Competition Law: 23

I)    Role of Data in the Digital Economy: 23

II)   Potential Competition Problems with Regard to Data: 26

III)  The Goals of Data Protection Law and Intersection with those of Competition Law: 30

IV) Evaluation of Competition Law Infringement Inferred from Data Protection Law-Facebook v. Germany Case: 34

V)   Competences of Authorities and Risk of Double Enforcement: 36

VI) Argue Going Forward: 38

5.   Conclusion: 45

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 47