Competition proceedings, European Court of Justice, European Union, Facebook, Fundamental rights, General Court of the European Union, Investigations, Privacy, Request for information (RFI)
Reconciling efficiency and protection of (sensitive) personal data in EU antitrust proceedings – Commentary on the Orders of the President of the General Court of 29 October 2020 in cases T‑451/20 R and T‑452/20 R
In the context of ongoing antitrust investigations into Facebook Inc.’s (‘Facebook’) data-related practices (AT.40628) and Facebook marketplace (AT.40684), on 13 March 2020 the European Commission (‘Commission’) issued two formal requests for information (‘RFIs’), requiring the company to produce a large number of internal documents. Facebook challenged the RFIs before the General Court of the European…