How to address the overlap between competition and data privacy laws? The EC and EDPB seek views (via Passle)
The European Commission and the European Data Protection Board are jointly seeking input on how competition law and data privacy law should interact where they overlap. The consultation signals growing regulatory interest in treating data as both a market power issue and a rights issue.
Why this matters: This matters because the two legal frameworks have been running on separate tracks for years, and that gap has let some companies off the hook. A firm can dominate a market by hoarding data and face antitrust scrutiny, while the same data practices get evaluated separately under privacy law. Treating them as connected changes the accountability picture significantly. If you work in privacy or competition, this consultation is a chance to shape how regulators draw that line.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · AI governance · General readers · Policy
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