The EU General Court President issues two orders for interim measures on personal data gathered in EU antitrust probes against a major social media platform (Facebook)

Tresoldi, Laura; Zukakishvili, Ketevan

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29 Oct 2020

The EU General Court President issues two orders for interim measures on personal data gathered in EU antitrust probes against a major social media platform (Facebook)

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EU General Court, Facebook, Case No. T‑451/20 R, Judgement, 29 October 2020

EU General Court, Facebook, Case No. T‑452/20 R, Judgement, 29 October 2020

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 Union (‘General Court’), alleging that they capture wholly irrelevant and/or personal documents in violation of both Regulation 1/2003 and the European Union’s (‘EU’) Charter of Fundamental Rights (‘Charter’) (see here and here). In parallel, Facebook introduced the applications for interim measures, soliciting the President of the General Court to fully or partially suspend the operation of the

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Authors

Laura Tresoldi
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (Milan)

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Ketevan Zukakishvili
Clifford Chance (Brussels)

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Laura Tresoldi, Ketevan Zukakishvili, The EU General Court President issues two orders for interim measures on personal data gathered in EU antitrust probes against a major social media platform (Facebook), 29 October 2020, e-Competitions October 2020, Art. N° 97610

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