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The UK regulators can be aggressive and have teeth. The CMA held up Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard by about 4 months. The UK is still one of th
by chippiewill 2y ago
The UK regulators can be aggressive and have teeth. The CMA held up Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard by about 4 months.
The UK is still one of the world's largest economies so they're hard to ignore. The CMA and ICO tend to be quite collaborative and apolitical so they're easy for companies to work with. Ironically I think the ICO is still one of the best enforcers of EU data privacy laws.