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Dr Anca Chirita's Outputs (43)

Exclusionary and exploitative abuse of consumer data (2023)
Book Chapter
Chirita, A. D. (in press). Exclusionary and exploitative abuse of consumer data. In M. Ioannidou, & D. Mantzari (Eds.), Research Handbook on Competition Law and Data Privacy. Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter advances a novel hybrid concept of abuse of consumer data, alongside algorithmic price discrimination and consumer data combinations, which have negative exclusionary and exploitative welfare effects on the fundamental freedom of busines... Read More about Exclusionary and exploitative abuse of consumer data.

Data-Driven Unfair Competition in Digital Markets (2023)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (in press). Data-Driven Unfair Competition in Digital Markets. Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law, 29(2),

This article expands the controversial catalogue of abusive practices to account for new types of data-driven unfair practices, such as data leveraging and combination, behavioral and personalized discrimination, excessive and algorithmic pricing, an... Read More about Data-Driven Unfair Competition in Digital Markets.

Written Evidence to the CMA on competition for environmental sustainability (2022)
Report
Chirita, A. D. (2022). Written Evidence to the CMA on competition for environmental sustainability. [No known commissioning body]

In 2021, both the UK CMA and the EU DG COMP articulated a set of public policy objectives to advance sustainability and contribute to the green economy. The international scope of sustainability is wider than that of the green economy to include comp... Read More about Written Evidence to the CMA on competition for environmental sustainability.

Abuse of Global Platform Dominance or Competition on the Merits? (2021)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2022). Abuse of Global Platform Dominance or Competition on the Merits?. Loyola consumer law review, 33(1), 1-37

Contrary to mainstream opinion, suggesting that dominant online platforms compete on their own merits and that their abuse of the large-scale accumulation of data should fall under data or privacy laws, this article argues that competition law should... Read More about Abuse of Global Platform Dominance or Competition on the Merits?.

Data-Driven Mergers under EU Competition Law (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chirita, A. D. (2018, December). Data-Driven Mergers under EU Competition Law. Paper presented at Conference on the 'Effects of Digitalization, Globalization, and Nationalism on Competition Law, New York University School of Law, USA

The Crossroads of Competition, Technology and Big Data (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chirita, A. D. (2018, December). The Crossroads of Competition, Technology and Big Data. Paper presented at Competition Policy 2018: The relationship between antitrust, innovation and investment, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London

HM Treasury's Digital Competition Expert Panel (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chirita, A. D. (2018, December). HM Treasury's Digital Competition Expert Panel. Paper presented at HM Treasury's Oral Evidence Round Table, The Law Society, London

Written Evidence to HM Treasury's Digital Competition Expert Panel (2018)
Report
Chirita, A. D. (2018). Written Evidence to HM Treasury's Digital Competition Expert Panel. [No known commissioning body]

Building upon my previous research on ‘The Rise of Big Data’, I can highlight the existence of a two-tier system of micro- and large-scale (big) data analytics. All companies that dominate local or neighbouring markets collect data at a micro-scale l... Read More about Written Evidence to HM Treasury's Digital Competition Expert Panel.

The Rise of Big Data and the Loss of Privacy (2018)
Book Chapter
Chirita, A. D. (2018). The Rise of Big Data and the Loss of Privacy. In M. Bakhoum, B. Conde Gallego, M. Mackenordt, & G. Surblytė-Namavičienė (Eds.), Personal data in competition, consumer protection and intellectual property law : towards a holistic approach? (153-189). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57646-5_7

This chapter offers a classification of personal data based on the study of privacy policies of Google, Microsoft Windows, Facebook, Instagram, Linked-In, and Whisper. It argues that online price discrimination contributes to higher corporate profits... Read More about The Rise of Big Data and the Loss of Privacy.

Competition Policy's Social Paradox: Are We Losing Sight of the Wood for the Trees? (2018)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2018). Competition Policy's Social Paradox: Are We Losing Sight of the Wood for the Trees?. European Competition Journal, 14(2-3), 367-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441056.2018.1533366

The present contribution seeks to provide a normative justification for the better consideration of employment and its negative social consequences in the area of mergers. First, it challenges the widespread rhetoric of competition policy when advanc... Read More about Competition Policy's Social Paradox: Are We Losing Sight of the Wood for the Trees?.

The Disclosure of Evidence under the ‘Antitrust Damages’ Directive 2014/104/EU (2017)
Book Chapter
Chirita, A. D. (2017). The Disclosure of Evidence under the ‘Antitrust Damages’ Directive 2014/104/EU. In V. Tomljenović, N. Bodiroga-Vukobrat, V. Butorac Malnar, & I. Kunda (Eds.), EU competition and state aid rules : public and private enforcement (147-173). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47962-9_8

The aim of this contribution is to reflect on the principles underpinning the disclosure of evidence under Directive 2014/104/EU, namely the principles of proportionality, effectiveness, equivalence and consistency. It also aims to review the legisla... Read More about The Disclosure of Evidence under the ‘Antitrust Damages’ Directive 2014/104/EU.