Digital Markets Act
The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to promote fair and contestable digital markets. The European Commission is responsible for enforcing the DMA. The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) may assist the Commission in possible investigations.
The Digital Markets Act imposes specific obligations and prohibitions on large digital companies that act as gatekeepers. The European Commission has separately designated the gatekeepers and the core platform services covered by the scope of the DMA.
Examples of obligations and prohibitions imposed on gatekeepers:
- A gatekeeper must not give its own services and products more favourable treatment than similar third-party services and products offered on the same platform.
- Business users of a gatekeeper must be allowed to promote their products and conclude contracts with customers outside the gatekeeper’s platform.
- A gatekeeper must not compete with business users by using data generated or provided through their use of the gatekeeper’s core platform service.
- A gatekeeper must not track end users outside its core platform services for the purpose of targeted advertising without the end user’s consent.
- A gatekeeper must allow users to uninstall preinstalled software applications and install alternative software applications.
More information about obligations and prohibitions on the European Commission’s website.
If you believe that a gatekeeper’s conduct violates the obligations or prohibitions under the Digital Markets Act, you can report it to the European Commission or to KKV, which may forward the information to the Commission if necessary.