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Daily Dashboard | Will EU’s Next Antitrust Battle Be Data Mining? Related reading: Evolving privacy law 'exciting' for IAPP Westin Scholar

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The Wall Street Journal reports the next battle between the EU and U.S. tech firms could involve how companies mine personal information. According to the report, certain companies may have developed such advanced dossiers of consumers for ad targeting that rivals would not be able to compete. However, an antitrust lawyer representing Google said, “Big data are ubiquitous, widely available and of fleeting value.” Last year, former European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx said, “In the digital economy, personal information represents a significant intangible asset.” In a column for The Guardian, Prof. Julia Powles writes that the EU’s targeting of Google for antitrust laws misses the bigger picture. Meanwhile, the upper chamber of the French legislature has backed a move to force search engines to disclose how their algorithms work. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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