EU 디지털 시장법 시행에 따른 경쟁법 적용의 문제 - 데이터 독점과 개인정보 보호의 문제를 중심으로 -

This paper discusses the EU's approach to deal with data monopolies that occur through a few of big online platform companies in the digital transformation era. Big online platform companies such as GAFAM(Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microfsoft) typically operate by trading goods and services in virtual spaces based on digital networks to generate profits. Until recently, the need for regulation of these platforms was considered as inevitable, and the EU has been attempting to establish special regulations targeting these big online platform companies. These efforts has been regulated based on anti-competitive forms, such as data monopolies, including Facebook case in Germany in 2019 and recent amendments to GWB in Germany in response to the EU DMA. These attempts were made by the reason that traditional competition law measures cannot reflect the new characteristics of the many new cases related with big online platforms, which have a significant influence as a new business model in the digital transformation era. Unlike types using the data they have acquired in an anti-competitive form, the recent objects covered by the 2019 German Facebook case and the EU DMA are related to data collected and utilized in the process of collecting personal information, and artificial intelligence's role has been increasing, raising questions about compatibility with competition law. Becuase EU DMA adopts GDPR, so there is a possibility of duplication of regulations on data collection and utilization, and above all, the EU is announcing that it will legislate on the artificial intelligence which treats Data Protection involved in the process through the bill. Therefore, practical considerations are needed on the relationship between these series of data-related laws and competition law regulations. These aspects are significant in Korea, which aims to legislate regulations on online platforms for transactions.