Germany is poised to enact specific legislation intended at bringing the tools of competition law up to speed with the realities of the digital era.
The well-known giants of the digital market, such as Google, Facebook and Amazon, are gaining more and more power, which may impede free competition and innovation. This power derives amongst others from the mass of data they possess, which has become one of the most important modern goods. Due to this, tech companies are able to control access to and influence digital market overall…