Advocate General Athanasios Rantos at the Court of Justice of the European Union stated on Tuesday, in a non-binding opinion, that antitrust authorities could be assessing whether Meta Platforms Inc. complies with the European Union privacy rules.
"A competition authority may, in exercising its powers, take account of the compatibility of a commercial practice with the General Data Protection Regulation" despite not having the "jurisdiction to rule on an infringement of the GDPR," Rantos shared.
He added, however, that such an authority can only "assess compliance with the GDPR as an incidental question, without prejudice to the powers of the competent supervisory authority under that regulation." This means that "they must take into account any decision or investigation by the competent SA under the GDPR," Rantos stated.
