Family ties: The intersection between data protection and competition in EU law
Family ties: The intersection between data protection and competition in EU law
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家庭关系：欧盟法律中数据保护与竞争之间的交叉点
DOI：
10.54648/cola2017002
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
O. Lynskey
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文献类型：
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作者：
F. Costa;O. Lynskey
在数字经济中，个人数据是一种有价值的商品，公司竞相获取和处理这些数据。这种竞争受制于竞争法的适用。然而，个人数据也有尊严的方面，受到数据保护法和欧盟宪章对数据保护和隐私的保护。本文描绘了这些法律框架之间的关系。它确定了促进它们交叉的共性，同时承认它们不同的方法和目标。它认为，当这些法律框架的实质范围重叠时，竞争法可以将数据保护法纳入评估非价格竞争时的规范性尺度；因此，数据保护可以作为竞争法的内部约束。此外，它主张根据《里斯本条约》，数据保护和其他基本权利也对竞争法施加外部约束，并在某些情况下可以阻止或影响其适用。在各国和超国家监管机构努力应对促进尊重基本权利的动态信息经济的挑战之际，承认这些制约因素将为欧盟在数字社会制定更连贯的法律方针铺平道路。
Personal data is a valuable commodity in the digital economy, and companies compete to acquire and process this data. This rivalry is subject to the application of competition law. However, personal data also has a dignitary dimension which is protected through data protection law and EU Charter rights to data protection and privacy. This paper maps the relationship between these legal frameworks. It identifies the commonalities that facilitate their intersection, whilst acknowledging their distinct methods and aims. It argues that when the material scope of these legal frameworks overlap, competition law can incorporate data protection law as a normative yardstick when assessing non-price competition; data protection can thus act as an internal constraint on competition law. In addition, it advocates that following the Lisbon Treaty, data protection and other fundamental rights also exercise an external constraint on competition law and, in certain circumstances, can prevent or shape its application. As national and supranational regulators grapple with the challenge of facilitating a dynamic information economy that respects fundamental rights, recognition of these constraints would pave the way for a more coherent EU law approach to the digital society.