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6.4.7 Competition necessary. Intervention of competition authorities
Lastly, if it becomes apparent that control over data may also be necessary if there is evidence that data
by a dominant operator confers on it dominance in is being held and used in ways that harm competi-
adjacent markets (e.g., provision of digital financial tion. These are complex areas of economic regula-
services), regulating to avoid one firm earning super- tion that are not the subject of this paper but may be
normal profits at the expense of consumers may be appropriate to consider in some markets.
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