Competition Law and Big Data

Beata Mäihäniemi, University Researcher (Sustainable Transition), Faculty of Law, University of Lapland and Adjunct Professor (Law and Digitalisation), University of Helsinki, Finland

Contents: 1. Introduction PART I THEORY ON ABUSE OF DOMINANCE IN DIGITAL MARKETS 2. Introduction to Part I: Theory on Abuse of Dominance in Digital Markets 3. Information in digital markets 4. Characteristics of digital markets and their implications on the assessment of market power 5. Dominance of online platforms 6. Law on abuse of dominance in digital markets PART II REFUSAL TO GIVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION: CASE STUDY OF GOOGLE SEARCH BEHAVIOURS 7. Introduction to Part II: Refusal to Give Access to Information: Case Study of Google Search Behaviours 8. Background on the antitrust investigations into Google 9. Is Google dominant? 10. Contractual restrictions on the portability and management of online search advertising campaigns across Google's AdWords and competing platforms 11. Search bias as an abuse of dominance 12. On the choice of legal procedures and actions for the European Commission in Google Search (Shopping) decision Part III POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON ABUSE OF DOMINANCE BY INFORMATION INTERMEDIARIES 13. Introduction to Part III: Policy Recommendations on Abuse of Dominance by Information Intermediaries 14. Intersection between digital markets and competition law. problems and practical solutions 15. Conclusions Index