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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11470

19 January 2016
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition
Commission scrutinising use of big data by large digital companies

Brussels, 18/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is keeping a watchful eye out for any competition problems which may result from the way large digital companies (such as Facebook, Google etc) control the data they hold. At this stage, the European institution sees no grounds to intervene.

“If just a few companies control the data you need to satisfy customers and cut costs, that could give them the power to drive their rivals out of the market. And with less competition,...

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