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UNILATERAL CONDUCT
The economic value and utility of customer
data has led to many technology companies
devising successful business models on the
basis of providing free access to their online
platforms and services in return for access to
their users' personal data. Data has therefore
become an important input for online services
and thus a parameter for market competition
in the digital economy.
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DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE ANTITRUST
ENFORCEMENT
OF ONLINE
PLATFORMS'
USE OF DATA
BY GEERT GOETEYN AND AGOSTINO BIGNARDI