New Digital Markets Unit ‘to bring tech giants to heel’
The Government is planning to force tech giants to adhere to a new regime to give consumers more choice and…
Competition & Markets Authority
Not so Simples: £18m fine for Comparethemarket ‘con’
Comparethemarket might revel in being “Simples” for consumers but it seems for most the price comparison site is anything but,…
CMA demands new laws to rein in Facebook and Google
The competition watchdog is calling on the Government to introduce tough new laws to break the stranglehold Google and Facebook…
Blue Monday for electro-pop giants in price-fixing row
Keyboard and electronic drum kit makers Roland and Korg – whose sound defined the Eighties’ synth-pop of bands from New…
Failure to enforce GDPR ‘fuelling Google’s dominance’
The only way to smash Google’s vice-like grip on the online advertising market is for data protection authorities to properly…
£4bn loyalty penalty issue ‘will take a decade to tackle’
The crackdown on the so-called loyalty penalty – which is estimated to cost UK consumers nearly £4bn a year for…
CMA: Strong argument for new laws to curb ad duopoly
A regulatory clampdown on Google and Facebook’s dominance of the £13bn UK digital ad industry has moved a step closer…
Viagogo plummets as Google dumps ads in the sin bin
Controversial secondary ticketing giant Viagogo has already crashed down the online search rankings just 24 hours after Google revealed it…
Digital ad duopoly has stifled the industry for too long
So, at last the UK Government is going to investigate the digital advertising sector, with Chancellor Philip Hammond announcing this…
Tech giants ‘must hand over customer data to rivals’
Major tech firms should be forced to open up their customer data to competitors in “open banking”-style reforms which would…