The problem is that, although competition law actions may claim substantial sums of total damages, this sum is often to be shared
by thousands of small
companies or individual consumers who have all suffered loss at the hands of their suppliers» cartel activity, or of a
larger firm's
abuse of dominance.
Among the measures he said Facebook will take, the
company will investigate and look for any potential
abuses of personal data
by app developers on its platform that have had access to
large amounts of user data.