Abstract
While algorithms bring about benefits for consumers in the form of more efficient price setting, concerns have also been expressed about possible adverse effects including discrimination. The paper takes a competition law perspective in analysing a type of discrimination that is said to be facilitated by the use of algorithms, namely personalised pricing. This is a form of price discrimination between consumers whereby a firm charges each consumer a different price depending on willingness to pay. As the advent of data analytics and algorithm-based services has made it easier for firms to engage in price discrimination, a clarification of the latter’s legality under competition law is to be welcomed. As such, the paper discusses the extent to which competition enforcement can be considered desirable to target price discrimination towards end consumers. In this regard, attention is also paid to the interaction with other regimes such as data protection, consumer protection and antidiscrimination law.
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