The rise of the digital economy poses challenges for traditional approaches to antitrust and merger control enforcement.
In considering the appropriate competition policy for the digital economy, a number of questions need to be addressed on the role and boundaries of competition policy, including on:
- access and use of big data,
- the market power and behaviour of online platforms;
- and contractual restrictions on online sales.
The keen interest of the European Commission and of national competition authorities in these issues is reflected in a growing number of cases, studies and sector enquiries that are covered by our new Tracker.
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27 October 25
Global trends in cloud regulation
Our latest Global Trends benchmark provides key insights on current practices in each of 14 jurisdictions around the world on: (1) data localization requirements, (2) cross-border personal data transfers, including across specified sectors, and (3) the main rules applicable to data centres and cloud service providers.
24 October 25
How are EU member states transposing NIS2?
Our benchmark tracks the transposition status of the directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU (NIS2) in the 27 member states. 15 countries adopted national legislation to transpose NIS2.
23 October 25
Update on 5G security measures across Europe
Our latest research provides a summary of key developments since June 2025 on national 5G security initiatives in the 27 EU member states, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK.