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UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
February 12, 2021  |  Regulation

Switzerland-headquartered global online travel booking platform Lastminute.com could be facing legal action from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over missing the refund deadline...

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UK Competition Watchdog Breached 150 Times In Past Two Years
UK Competition Watchdog Breached 150 Times In Past Two Years
February 09, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

In the past two years, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been hit by 150 personal data breaches — 81 cases of unauthorized...

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UK Antitrust Agency Orders Viagogo To Divest Chunk Of StubHub Operations
UK Antitrust Agency Orders Viagogo To Divest Chunk Of StubHub Operations
February 02, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Citing competition concerns, the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog is ordering Viagogo to sell StubHub’s international business. After taking a closer look into the $4 billion merger...

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Competition Concerns Spark UK Probe Into Uber’s Autocab Deal
Competition Concerns Spark UK Probe Into Uber’s Autocab Deal
January 29, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Uber’s planned acquisition of Autocab is being investigated by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for suspected anticompetitive behavior, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan....

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UK Regulators To Probe Google Chrome Changes Over Antitrust Fears
UK Regulators To Probe Google Chrome Changes Over Antitrust Fears
January 08, 2021  |  International

Concerns continue to grow over Google’s plan to update the Chrome web browser, with the U.K.’s competition watchdog reportedly eyeing the issue of third-party cookies,...

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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns
Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns
January 01, 2021  |  Regulation

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms …...

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UK Moves To Regulate Big Tech With Proposed New Watchdog Group
UK Moves To Regulate Big Tech With Proposed New Watchdog Group
December 08, 2020  |  Regulation

The U.K. government is moving to regulate Big Tech by establishing a new watchdog group aimed at encouraging competition within the digital sector. In recommendations...

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Facebook Agrees To Labeling Program For UK Instagram Posts
Facebook Agrees To Labeling Program For UK Instagram Posts
October 16, 2020  |  Regulation

Facebook’s Ireland and United Kingdom unit has agreed to change the way Instagram works to “make it much harder for people to post an (advertisement)...

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UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
October 09, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Britain’s top antitrust regulator proposed Friday (Oct. 9) that the country contemplate creating a new regulatory unit whose approval would be required before any dominant...

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