Improving co-operation between data protection authorities : first lessons from competition law

Globalization increases the likelihood of cross-border privacy and data protection cases, thus calling for co-operation amongst data protection authorities (DPAs). This paper provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in such co-operation as well as of proposed European reforms in the field, but also attempts to see whether enforcement co-operation in competition law could provide insight for improving co-operation between DPAs