The Federal Cartel Office announced on February 1, 2018, to launch a sector inquiry into online advertising (here).
This in line with the FCO’s focus on competitive conditions in the digital economy and big data. The FCO follows the French competition authority that started a separate online advertising sector inquiry in 2016 and has recently published its results. Silke Heinz has published a blog on the FCO’s sector inquiry and its background on Kluwer Competition Law Blog (see here).
