Abstract
This chapter aims at giving a comprehensive overview of the intertwining of competition law and data protection law in the EU legal framework, prompted by the rising and disruptive importance of amassed data, including personal data ('Big Data'), for competition in the digital market. How personal data is collected and used potentially impacts all pillars of competition law - anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance and merger control. While abuse of dominance and merger control relate to competitive harm through accumulation of customer or user data - which could occur lawfully or unlawfully pursuant to data protection law, the classic price fixing cartels are being replaced by seemingly irretraceable price fixing algorithms.
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