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title: "Comments to the European Commission on Competition Policy in the Era of Digitization"
summary: |-
  The collection of large amounts of data alone does not present a threat to competition and shifts in competition policy that would treat it as such would negatively impact data-driven innovation.
date: "2018-09-28"
issues: ["Antitrust", "Data Innovation"]
authors: ["Daniel Castro"]
content_type: "Testimonies & Filings"
canonical_url: "https://datainnovation.org/2018/09/shaping-competition-policy-in-the-era-of-digitisation/"
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# Comments to the European Commission on Competition Policy in the Era of Digitization

ITIF's Center for Data Innovation has submitted comments to the European Commission in response to its [call for contributions](http://ec.europa.eu/competition/scp19/) on future challenges of digitisation for competition policy. In these comments, the Center argues that the collection of large amounts of data alone does not present a threat to competition and shifts in competition policy that would treat it as such would negatively impact data-driven innovation. Moreover, large companies, particularly those offering online platforms, enable many innovations to scale and offer consumers important benefits.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://datainnovation.org/2018/09/shaping-competition-policy-in-the-era-of-digitisation/*