Submission: On the Digital Platform Inquiry

This submission, by Katharine Kemp, Stream Co-Lead of Data as a Source of Market Power, responds to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s final report on the Digital Platforms Inquiry. It discusses the competition issues

raised by concealed data practices and the degradation of consumer data privacy and responds to Recommendations 1, 2, 3, 6, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 in the ACCC’s report.  An online copy of the report is here