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If passed, websites will have to respect those choices.","en","the-eu-wants-to-kill-cookie-banners-by-moving-consent-to-your-browser","iron-brands",false,"2025-11-20T05:40:14.356Z","2025-11-20T06:13:15.812Z","blog",[4,16,26],{"id":17,"title":18,"excerpt":19,"locale":8,"slug":20,"authorSlug":10,"automaticTranslated":11,"publishedAt":21,"updatedAt":22,"ctaTitle":23,"ctaDescription":24,"doFollowLinks":11,"showIndex":25,"showCallToActions":11,"articleType":14},3019,"Google is tracking you (even when you use DuckDuckGo)","Google tracks users even on DuckDuckGo via Analytics and embeds. A new study shows how deep Google’s web tracking really goes.","google-is-tracking-you-even-when-you-use-duck-duck-go","2025-07-14T08:56:41.709Z","2025-07-14T11:26:01.386Z","If you care about privacy, you don't use Google Analytics","Ditch the tracking, keep the insights. Try Simple Analytics.",true,{"id":27,"title":28,"excerpt":29,"locale":8,"slug":30,"authorSlug":10,"automaticTranslated":11,"publishedAt":31,"updatedAt":32,"doFollowLinks":11,"showIndex":11,"showCallToActions":11,"articleType":14},3018," German court rules Meta’s tracking tech violates GDPR","German court rules Meta’s tracking tech violates GDPR, allowing lawsuits without proof of harm. Big risks ahead for sites using Meta pixels.","german-court-rules-meta-s-tracking-tech-violates-gdpr","2025-07-10T08:20:51.111Z","2025-07-10T12:16:26.327Z",{"pagination":34},{"page":35,"pageSize":36,"pageCount":37,"total":38},1,3,362,1084,{},{"article":41},{"contentHtml":42,"content":43,"inlineMedia":44,"id":46,"title":47,"excerpt":48,"locale":8,"slug":49,"authorSlug":50,"automaticTranslated":11,"publishedAt":51,"updatedAt":52,"doFollowLinks":11,"showIndex":25,"showCallToActions":25,"articleType":14,"languages":53},"\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">In 2022 the European Union approved the \u003Cstrong>Digital Markets Act\u003C/strong> after long negotiations. The Regulation entered force last May, and some important steps towards its implementation were taken in September.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">On the surface, this law doesn’t have much to do with privacy. But in practical terms, it could be really, really important. Here’s what the Digital Markets Act says and why it matters.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003Col class=\"counters\">\u003Cli>\u003CNuxtLink to=\"#what-is-the-digital-markets-act\">What is the Digital Markets Act?\u003C/NuxtLink>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003CNuxtLink to=\"#when-does-the-digital-markets-act-apply\">When does the Digital Markets Act apply?\u003C/NuxtLink>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003CNuxtLink to=\"#why-these-companies\">Why these companies?\u003C/NuxtLink>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003CNuxtLink to=\"#what-does-the-digital-markets-act-say\">What does the Digital Markets Act say?\u003C/NuxtLink>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003CNuxtLink to=\"#why-does-the-digital-markets-act-matter-for-privacy\">Why does the Digital Markets Act matter for privacy?\u003C/NuxtLink>\u003C/li>\u003C/ol>\u003CCtaOne />\u003CContentEditable  id=\"what-is-the-digital-markets-act\" parent=\"\" tag=\"h2\" :articleId=\"2217\">What is the Digital Markets Act?\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">The DMA is an \u003Cstrong>antitrust law\u003C/strong> that aims to make key online markets \u003Cstrong>fair and contestable\u003C/strong> by telling monopolists such as Google and Meta what they can and cannot do when dealing with both their users and the businesses that advertise their services on their platforms.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  id=\"when-does-the-digital-markets-act-apply\" parent=\"\" tag=\"h2\" :articleId=\"2217\">When does the Digital Markets Act apply?\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">The DMA only applies to a very small number of companies that fit very specific criteria. These criteria are assessed and periodically re-assessed by the European Commission.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">Right now, the Act only covers \u003CNuxtLink to=\"https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4328\">\u003Cstrong>six companies\u003C/strong>\u003C/NuxtLink>: GAFAM (Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft) and TikTok owner ByteDance. Not all services from these companies are covered by the act: for instance, Windows and LinkedIn are covered by the DMA, but Edge and Bing were spared- presumably because Google controls the browser and web search markets almost entirely.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  id=\"why-these-companies\" parent=\"\" tag=\"h2\" :articleId=\"2217\">Why these companies?\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">The DMA mainly aims to regulate core platforms that serve as \u003Cstrong>key intermediaries between businesses and users\u003C/strong>: think of Facebook, Google Search, the Amazon Store, TikTok, and so on. The companies under the DMA are not simply Big Tech: they are \u003Cstrong>monopolizing the Internet\u003C/strong> and becoming a chokepoint for the online economy- and, by extension, a good chunk of all retail economy!\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">This is why Netflix and Spotify do not fall under the Act despite their size, turnover, and user base.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">It is an open secret that the EU first decided to target specific platforms and then came up with criteria to capture them within the Act without naming names. The US Congress is not happy that most of the companies are American and is accusing the EU of protectionism. Then again, better enforcement of US antitrust law would have prevented some GAFAM from becoming such a huge political issue in the first place.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  id=\"what-does-the-digital-markets-act-say\" parent=\"\" tag=\"h2\" :articleId=\"2217\">What does the Digital Markets Act say?\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">The DMA includes a long list of rules. A comprehensive overview can be found on the European Commission’s website.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">These are some of the key points:\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>certain anticompetitive strategies are no longer allowed. For instance, Amazon can no longer favor its own products on the Amazon Store or fix prices outside the Store by imposing a favored nation clause\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>interoperability and data portability become mandatory in certain scenarios\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>companies must share certain data with competitors\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">In some important ways, the DMA goes \u003Cstrong>above and beyond traditional antitrust law\u003C/strong> by forcing monopolists to actively foster competition in markets where there is little or none. In other words, antitrust law is traditionally made of “dont’s”, but the DMA includes a lot of “do’s” as well.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">All these “do’s” are stabs at the monopolistic business model of Big Tech. For instance, search engines (read: Google Search, as it is the only search engine falling under the Act!) will be under an obligation to **share raking and query data with competitors **under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms. Query data are some of Google’s most precious information and a core element of its data advantage over competitors!\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">Likewise, mandating interoperability and data portability reduces the switching costs for the end users. In other words, it makes it easier for users to move to a different service- and harder for the dominant platforms to retain them through the “lock-in effect.”\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">All of these “do’s” are very important! To a large extent, the Act’s success will depend on the EU Commission’s ability and willingness to firmly enforce both the “do’s” and the “dont’s” of the Act.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  id=\"why-does-the-digital-markets-act-matter-for-privacy\" parent=\"\" tag=\"h2\" :articleId=\"2217\">Why does the Digital Markets Act matter for privacy?\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">Online privacy and competition are inextricably linked, and we need both for a better Internet.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">We often say that the public is increasingly concerned with privacy. And yet, surveillance machines like Facebook and Google are not losing an inch of their market share. How come?\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">Because \u003Cstrong>consumers have nowhere else to go\u003C/strong>. The products you like are on Amazon, your friends are on Instagram, your parents are on Facebook, and your coworkers communicate via WhatsApp. By deliberate design, none of these services is interoperable with anything else (Whatsapp gets a pass because of encryption, but the others have no excuse). The idea that you can stop using these services is a convenient fiction to justify deeply unfair terms under the pretense that you are free to refuse them- as highlighted by two recent legal actions against Meta.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">Tech giants spent years crushing competitors through unfair commercial practices and buying out the survivors (see Instagram). Now, they get to make the rules. And the rules always include \u003Cstrong>unfair and borderline criminal privacy policies\u003C/strong> (yes, even Apple’s- don’t believe their privacy claims).\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">The \u003Cstrong>monopolization of the Internet\u003C/strong> is the reason we are stuck with Big Tech and its data-hungry, privacy-invasive services. If Facebook faced real competition, half its user base would have left after Edwards Snowden’s revelations, and the other half would have left after Cambridge Analytica.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">If iOS and Android faced real competition, few consumers would buy phones with illegal advertising trackers.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">And if YouTube faced real competition, users would not be stuck on a platform that snoops into their browsers and punishes them for using ad blockers.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">The DMA promises to change that. The Act acknowledges that the current state of key online markets is not ok. The privacy cost of a monopolized Internet is simply not sustainable long term. The same goes for other economic and social costs, such as the decreasing variety in market offers, the unfair and predatory treatment of businesses, and the pitiful remuneration of content creators.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n\u003CContentEditable  parent=\"\" tag=\"p\" :articleId=\"2217\">The DMA is expressly looking to stop this by cutting digital behemoths down to size. Should it succeed, better privacy will be one of the many benefits to reap.\u003C/ContentEditable>\n","In 2022 the European Union approved the **Digital Markets Act** after long negotiations. The Regulation entered force last May, and some important steps towards its implementation were taken in September.\n\nOn the surface, this law doesn’t have much to do with privacy. But in practical terms, it could be really, really important. Here’s what the Digital Markets Act says and why it matters.\n\n## What is the Digital Markets Act?\nThe DMA is an **antitrust law** that aims to make key online markets **fair and contestable** by telling monopolists such as Google and Meta what they can and cannot do when dealing with both their users and the businesses that advertise their services on their platforms.\n\n## When does the Digital Markets Act apply?\nThe DMA only applies to a very small number of companies that fit very specific criteria. These criteria are assessed and periodically re-assessed by the European Commission.\n\nRight now, the Act only covers [**six companies**](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4328): GAFAM (Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft) and TikTok owner ByteDance. Not all services from these companies are covered by the act: for instance, Windows and LinkedIn are covered by the DMA, but Edge and Bing were spared- presumably because Google controls the browser and web search markets almost entirely.\n\n## Why these companies?\n\nThe DMA mainly aims to regulate core platforms that serve as **key intermediaries between businesses and users**: think of Facebook, Google Search, the Amazon Store, TikTok, and so on. The companies under the DMA are not simply Big Tech: they are **monopolizing the Internet** and becoming a chokepoint for the online economy- and, by extension, a good chunk of all retail economy!\n\nThis is why Netflix and Spotify do not fall under the Act despite their size, turnover, and user base.\n\nIt is an open secret that the EU first decided to target specific platforms and then came up with criteria to capture them within the Act without naming names. The US Congress is not happy that most of the companies are American and is accusing the EU of protectionism. Then again, better enforcement of US antitrust law would have prevented some GAFAM from becoming such a huge political issue in the first place.\n\n## What does the Digital Markets Act say?\nThe DMA includes a long list of rules. A comprehensive overview can be found on the European Commission’s website.\n\nThese are some of the key points:\n- certain anticompetitive strategies are no longer allowed. For instance, Amazon can no longer favor its own products on the Amazon Store or fix prices outside the Store by imposing a favored nation clause\n- interoperability and data portability become mandatory in certain scenarios\n- companies must share certain data with competitors\n\nIn some important ways, the DMA goes **above and beyond traditional antitrust law** by forcing monopolists to actively foster competition in markets where there is little or none. In other words, antitrust law is traditionally made of “dont’s”, but the DMA includes a lot of “do’s” as well.\n\nAll these “do’s” are stabs at the monopolistic business model of Big Tech. For instance, search engines (read: Google Search, as it is the only search engine falling under the Act!) will be under an obligation to **share raking and query data with competitors **under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms. Query data are some of Google’s most precious information and a core element of its data advantage over competitors!\n\nLikewise, mandating interoperability and data portability reduces the switching costs for the end users. In other words, it makes it easier for users to move to a different service- and harder for the dominant platforms to retain them through the “lock-in effect.”\n\nAll of these “do’s” are very important! To a large extent, the Act’s success will depend on the EU Commission’s ability and willingness to firmly enforce both the “do’s” and the “dont’s” of the Act.\n\n## Why does the Digital Markets Act matter for privacy?\nOnline privacy and competition are inextricably linked, and we need both for a better Internet.\n\nWe often say that the public is increasingly concerned with privacy. And yet, surveillance machines like Facebook and Google are not losing an inch of their market share. How come?\n\nBecause **consumers have nowhere else to go**. The products you like are on Amazon, your friends are on Instagram, your parents are on Facebook, and your coworkers communicate via WhatsApp. By deliberate design, none of these services is interoperable with anything else (Whatsapp gets a pass because of encryption, but the others have no excuse). The idea that you can stop using these services is a convenient fiction to justify deeply unfair terms under the pretense that you are free to refuse them- as highlighted by two recent legal actions against Meta.\n\nTech giants spent years crushing competitors through unfair commercial practices and buying out the survivors (see Instagram). Now, they get to make the rules. And the rules always include **unfair and borderline criminal privacy policies** (yes, even Apple’s- don’t believe their privacy claims).\n\nThe **monopolization of the Internet** is the reason we are stuck with Big Tech and its data-hungry, privacy-invasive services. If Facebook faced real competition, half its user base would have left after Edwards Snowden’s revelations, and the other half would have left after Cambridge Analytica.\n\nIf iOS and Android faced real competition, few consumers would buy phones with illegal advertising trackers.\n\nAnd if YouTube faced real competition, users would not be stuck on a platform that snoops into their browsers and punishes them for using ad blockers.\n\nThe DMA promises to change that. The Act acknowledges that the current state of key online markets is not ok. The privacy cost of a monopolized Internet is simply not sustainable long term. The same goes for other economic and social costs, such as the decreasing variety in market offers, the unfair and predatory treatment of businesses, and the pitiful remuneration of content creators.\n\nThe DMA is expressly looking to stop this by cutting digital behemoths down to size. Should it succeed, better privacy will be one of the many benefits to reap.\n",{"data":45},null,2217,"What the Digital Markets Act means for privacy","The DMA is not a privacy law but could still be a game changer for privacy. Here's how","dma-and-privacy","carlo-cilento","2024-01-08T10:59:18.515Z","2024-02-21T00:02:59.181Z",{"en":54,"de":55,"fr":57,"it":59,"es":61,"nl":63},{"slug":49},{"slug":56},"was-das-gesetz-ueber-digitale-maerkte-fuer-den-datenschutz-bedeutet",{"slug":58},"ce-que-la-loi-sur-les-marches-numeriques-signifie-pour-la-vie-privee",{"slug":60},"cosa-significa-la-legge-sui-mercati-digitali-per-la-privacy",{"slug":62},"la-ley-de-mercados-digitales-afecta-a-la-privacidad",{"slug":64},"wat-de-wet-digitale-markten-betekent-voor-privacy"]