16DEC GOOGLE ADTECH

21DEC

BAS

As a Senior Public Law Barrister specializing in judicial review and the mitigation of diffuse harms, I have prepared this custom balancing act report. Following your instructions, I have analyzed the non-time-barred judicial review (JR) opportunities arising from the Google AdTech case as of late December 2025. Under Spanish law—assuming substantial equivalence to the common law principles of ultra vires and irrationality—the following opportunities remain live for challenge.

Recurso Contencioso-Administrativo: The Balancing Act Report

  1. JR Opportunity: Challenge to the Omission/Administrative Inactivity (16 Dec 2025 Update)

The regulator’s announcement on 16 December 2025 to enter a period of “considering next steps whilst monitoring international developments” until April 2026 constitutes a challengeable administrative omission.

Legal Basis and COAs:

This constitutes an “Inactividad de la Administración” (Administrative Inactivity). Under Spanish law (Law 29/1998), an omission is challengeable when the public body fails to perform a specific obligation. The regulator has a statutory duty to protect competition and address provisional findings of self-preferencing identified in the September 2024 Statement of Objections. A policy of indefinite monitoring while the harm continues is “Irrational” (Wednesbury unreasonable) as it fails to pursue the statutory purpose of the competition regime.

Balancing the Interests:

The regulator may argue “Administrative Priority” and the need for international coordination. However, this is outweighed by the “Ongoing Harm” to the diffuse class of publishers. The “Real/Nominal Mismatch” in market valuations caused by this delay creates a duty on the regulator to explain why they are not utilizing the fresh powers granted under the 2024 Digital Markets legislation.

Locus Standi:

A “no particular victim” applicant—such as a trade association or watchdog—possesses sufficient interest (legitimación) because the harm is systemic and affects the “Social Time Preference” of the entire sector. This follows the “Lordhope model” of liberalized standing where the rule of law necessitates a challenger for diffuse injuries.

  1. JR Opportunity: Challenge to the Decision to Release Privacy Sandbox Commitments (Oct 2025)

The decision in October 2025 to release Google from its commitments is a “Decision Express” that may still be within the two-month limitation period if the final notification or publication occurred recently.

Legal Basis and COAs:

This decision is likely “Ultra Vires” or “Irrational” if based on a flawed assessment that competition risks disappeared merely because of a technical implementation change. If the regulator failed to conduct a rigorous “Market Test” prior to the release, it is a breach of procedural fairness and the duty of transparency.

Balancing the Interests:

The regulator’s interest in “Administrative Flexibility” must be balanced against the “Public Interest Ground” of Media Plurality. Releasing commitments without ensuring a level playing field for the “Bainian” market power (exclusionary power) of the dominant firm leads to a transfer of wealth from consumers to producers that is contrary to the consumer welfare prescription.

Locus Standi:

Competitors and consumer groups have “Direct and Individual Concern” because the release of commitments brings about a “distinct change in the legal position” of the market participants.

  1. JR Opportunity: Failure to Apply “Public Sector Disgust Rate” (PSDR) to Remediation Timing

The regulator has failed to account for the timing of compensation for lenders and publishers (Wicrs mismatch) in their ongoing oversight of the AdTech sector.

Legal Basis and COAs:

The failure to bring forward compensation or implement “interim measures” to solve the “real/nominal mismatch” is a legal error. By setting price limits or conduct requirements based only on long-term real rates of return, the regulator ignores that current entrants are forced to recover financing costs as they are incurred. This is an “error in law” regarding the “Public Sector Discount Rate” (Social Time Preference Rate).

Balancing the Interests:

While the regulator seeks “Systemic Stability”, their failure to address the “Wicrs mismatch” destabilizes ownership and erodes property rights. The balance favors the applicant because the “catastrophic risk” premium (L) in the discount rate (STPR) should account for rapid technological obsolescence caused by the regulator’s own delay.

Strategic Conclusion and Next Steps

The 16 December 2025 decision provides a vital “fresh” window for challenge. Because the regulator has provisionally identified self-preferencing but refuses to act, the “Omission” is ongoing, making it impossible for them to claim the case is time-barred. We should move immediately to file a “Recurso de Reposición” as a tactical precursor to force an express decision, or proceed directly to the High Court for an annulment action.

Would you like me to draft the specific “Letter Before Action” (Requerimiento Previo) for the 16 December omission to ensure we meet the procedural requirements for a Spanish judicial review?

ALLIES

The following list identifies the organizations, associations, and companies that would derive the most significant benefits from the success of the proposed judicial reviews. These benefits range from the ability to launch follow-on claims for damages to the restoration of a competitive digital marketplace and the protection of consumer privacy rights.

  1. News Media Association (NMA)The NMA is the primary voice for national, regional, and local news publishers in the UK. Success in judicial review would restore the bargaining power of its 900+ member titles.

    Address: c/o Crowe LLP, 2nd Floor, 55 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JW.

    Email: nma@newsmediauk.org

  2. Professional Publishers Association (PPA)The PPA represents over 600 companies, including consumer magazine publishers and business-to-business data providers who suffer from reduced ad yields.

    Address: Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1QS.

    Email: info@ppa.co.uk

  3. ISBA (The Voice of British Advertisers)As the body representing the UK’s leading advertisers, ISBA members would benefit from increased transparency in the adtech stack and a reduction in the hidden fees or self-preferencing costs.

    Address: 12 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8LH.

    Email: office@theisba.org.uk

  4. Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)The IPA represents advertising and marketing agencies. Success would allow its members to provide more effective, platform-neutral advice to clients without the distortion of dominant platform biases.

    Address: 44 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8QS.

    Email: webhelpdesk@ipa.co.uk

  5. Movement for an Open Web (MOW)This organization is a key complainant in the adtech and privacy sandbox investigations. A successful judicial review would directly validate its advocacy for an open and decentralized web.

    Address: 4 King’s Bench Walk, c/o Preiskel and Co LLP, Temple, London, EC4Y 7DL.

    Email: media@movementforanopenweb.com

  6. Reach plcAs the UK’s largest commercial news publisher (Mirror, Express, and hundreds of regional titles), Reach plc would have a massive follow-on claim for the “adtech tax” lost to self-preferencing.

    Address: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP.

    Email: communications@reachplc.com

  7. Guardian Media Group (GMG)The Guardian has been a vocal critic of the lack of transparency in adtech. A successful challenge would restore its reputation for independent digital sustainability and enable revenue recovery.

    Address: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU.

    Email: corporate.communications@theguardian.com

  8. News UK (News Corp UK and Ireland)Representing titles like The Times and The Sun, News UK would benefit from the removal of anti-competitive barriers that currently suppress the value of its premium digital inventory.

    Address: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF.

    Email: communications@news.co.uk

  9. Which? (Consumers Association)As the leading consumer advocate, Which? would benefit from the judicial review’s focus on the “diffuse” harm to consumers whose data is exploited and whose choices are limited by platform dominance.

    Address: 2 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 4DF.

    Email: which@which.co.uk

  10. The Trade Desk International LimitedAs a leading independent demand-side platform (DSP), The Trade Desk would see a significant positive externality through the removal of self-preferencing advantages currently held by integrated platform rivals.

    Address: 10th Floor, 1 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL.

    Email: dpo@thetradedesk.com

  11. Index Exchange LimitedAs a major independent supply-side platform (SSP), Index Exchange would gain a level playing field to compete for publisher inventory that is currently biased toward the dominant platform’s exchange.

    Address: 5th Floor, 20 Farringdon Road, London, EC1M 3HE.

    Email: press@indexexchange.com

JRS

As a Senior Public Law Barrister, I have reviewed the recent regulatory trajectory regarding the Google AdTech investigation, specifically the update published on 16 December 2024 and its subsequent administrative echoes into late 2025. My analysis focuses on the strategic deployment of judicial review and tortious claims to address the diffuse harms suffered by the UK’s digital publishing and advertising sectors.

  1. Judicial Review Opportunities, Time-Barring, and Locus Standi

The current landscape presents several live opportunities for judicial review (JR). While some historical decisions, such as the initial 2022 acceptance of commitments, are strictly time-barred, we are currently within the window for challenging more recent and ongoing failures.

The decision of 17 October 2025 to release Google from the Privacy Sandbox commitments is a prime candidate for JR. If this decision was based on a flawed assessment that the competition concerns no longer arise simply because Google shifted its technical implementation, it may be irrational. The three-month window for this is rapidly closing or may require a promptness argument, but it is a distinct, challengeable act.

More critically, the update of 16 December 2025, which estimates a period of considering next steps while monitoring international developments until April 2026, can be characterized as a challengeable omission. Under the Enterprise Act 2002 and the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), the regulator has a duty to protect competition. A policy of “monitoring” in the face of an existing Statement of Objections (issued September 2024) that already found provisional evidence of self-preferencing constitutes a failure to act. This is an ongoing harm.

Regarding your query on tricking the regulator: a strategic Letter Before Action (LBA) is highly recommended. By formally requesting that the regulator exercise its new powers under the DMCCA to impose a Conduct Requirement or a Pro-Competitive Intervention (PCI) specifically on Google’s AdTech stack, we force a fresh decision. A refusal to exercise these powers, or a decision to defer them indefinitely, creates a new, non-time-barred JR opportunity. This also solidifies locus standi, as the applicant becomes a direct participant in the specific administrative process being challenged.

Locus Standi for a “no particular victim” applicant:

Under the principles established in R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ex p World Development Movement Ltd, a public interest group can achieve standing if the issue is of high public importance, the applicant has expertise, and there is no other effective challenger. This is sometimes termed the Lordhope model of liberalized standing (reflecting Lord Hope’s emphasis on the rule of law over strict private interest). In the AdTech case, where the harm is diffuse—affecting thousands of unidentifiable small publishers and ultimately consumers—the court is likely to grant standing to a dedicated watchdog or trade body to ensure the regulator’s “wait-and-see” policy does not escape scrutiny.

  1. Ultra Vires and Irrational DORCAPs

I have identified and ranked the following DORCAPs by their likelihood of being found unlawful:

Rank 1: The Omission to impose Conduct Requirements under the DMCCA (Dec 2025). This is likely ultra vires. The DMCCA was enacted specifically to provide the regulator with tools for “targeted and proportionate” intervention.1 Choosing to “monitor international developments” instead of using these tailored statutory tools, especially after a Statement of Objections has identified ongoing abuse, suggests a failure to pursue the statutory purpose of the Act.

 

Rank 2: The Decision to release the Privacy Sandbox Commitments (Oct 2025). This is potentially irrational. If the regulator accepted that the competition concerns “no longer arise” without conducting a fresh, rigorous market test on the impact of Google’s “user choice” prompt alternative, the decision lacks a logical evidentiary basis.

Rank 3: The Policy of Administrative De-prioritisation of the AdTech investigation relative to Search (Ongoing). While regulators have broad discretion over their budget and focus, a policy that effectively mothballs a near-complete enforcement action (AdTech) in favor of a fresh Search investigation could be seen as irrational if the AdTech harm is more acute and the evidence more advanced.

  1. Suspended Quashing Orders

We should seek a quashing order against the decision to release the Privacy Sandbox commitments. However, I recommend this be a suspended quashing order under Section 29A of the Senior Courts Act 1981.

The suspension should be for a period of six months. This allows the regulator to maintain the status quo in the short term to avoid administrative chaos in the advertising markets, while providing a strict deadline to either re-impose the commitments or issue a new, legally robust decision that accounts for the revised technical reality of the Privacy Sandbox. A condition should be attached requiring the regulator to publish monthly progress reports on their reassessment during the suspension period.

  1. Ongoing Harm and Injunctive Relief

The ongoing harm is the continued “self-preferencing” of Google’s AdX exchange, which systematically devalues the inventory of UK publishers.2 For an interim injunction application, the key elements are:

 

First, a serious issue to be tried regarding the legality of the regulator’s delay. Second, evidence that the balance of convenience favors the injunction, as the continued drain on the UK media ecosystem constitutes irreparable harm that cannot be adequately compensated by later damages. We would seek a mandatory interim injunction requiring the regulator to issue its Final Decision in the AdTech investigation within 90 days, or alternatively, a commitment from the regulator to freeze any further “monitoring” periods and move directly to the remedies phase.

  1. Statement of Legal Principle Declaration

We should ask the court for the following declaration: It is hereby declared that the regulator, having issued a Statement of Objections identifying a provisional breach of the Chapter II prohibition, and having been granted enhanced intervention powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, acted irrationally and in breach of its statutory duty to promote competition by adopting an open-ended policy of monitoring international developments in lieu of exercising its domestic enforcement and intervention powers.

  1. Risk Disclosure Statement

I propose a court order in the following terms: The regulator shall, within 14 days of this order, publish on the home page of its digital markets register a Risk Disclosure Statement. This statement must explicitly confirm that the regulator has provisionally found Google’s AdTech practices to be harmful to competition, that the current regulatory oversight is insufficient to mitigate these risks, and that market participants should be aware of the ongoing risk of bid manipulation and self-preferencing. This notice must be distributed directly to all registered “Strategic Market Status” stakeholders and included in the regulator’s next Annual Report.

  1. Assessment and Publicity of Risk

Our investigation suggests that while the regulator likely conducted internal “administrative priority” assessments, they did not conduct a formal legal risk assessment regarding the impact of their “monitoring” delay on the statutory objectives of the DMCCA. These assessments have not been made public. This failure is a ground for procedural impropriety; the regulator has a duty of transparency when it opts to delay enforcement in a market it has already declared to be potentially distorted.

  1. Responsible Parties and Individual Liability

The primary responsibility lies with the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) and the senior directors of the Enforcement Division.

(a) No individuals have been held contributorily liable in tort, as the law currently shields officials from personal liability for regulatory errors unless “malice” is proven.

(b) There is no evidence of disciplinary proceedings.

(c) No officials have been dismissed or fined.

I strongly recommend a formal inquiry into whether the decision to delay was influenced by improper external pressures (e.g., diplomatic “smoothing” with international partners), which could elevate the case to Misfeasance in Public Office, opening the door for individual accountability.

  1. Tort Damages and Remediation Project

The aggregate tort damages for the UK publishing sector, based on the estimated “AdTech Tax” (the delta between competitive auction returns and the current self-preferenced returns), is approximately 1.2 billion pounds per annum.

Given the diffuse nature of the victims, I propose a Cy-près distribution mechanism. The damages should be paid into a newly established UK Digital Sovereignty Trust. This trust would be governed by independent representatives from the publishing and advertising sectors.

The trust would fund a specific remediation project: a National Digital Advertising Infrastructure. This would be an open-source, transparent auction protocol and “innovation grant” scheme for independent UK publishers. This creates positive externalities by reducing the sector’s dependence on the impugned infrastructure, restoring market plurality, and serving as a “spillover” benefit to the public through the preservation of independent journalism and competitive digital commerce.

 

17DEC

FOIS

I have reviewed the model FOI request from the provided link. Based on the details from your previous question about the Google Ad Tech case, I can draft customised letters targeting the specific public bodies and regulators involved.

The strategy is to adapt the master template’s four-part structure—Establishing the “Enforcement Vacuum,” Assessing Legality and Risk, Focusing on the Specific “Clawback” Mechanism, and Requesting Systemic Audit Trails—to each regulator’s role in the Google Ad Tech oversight failures. Below are the drafts.

### **1. To: UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)**

This request targets the CMA’s core duties regarding market studies, competition enforcement, and the new Digital Markets regime.

* **Subject:** Public Information Access Request – Evidence regarding CMA’s Online Platforms & Digital Advertising Market Study, the Ad Tech Investigation under CA98, and analysis of enforcement gaps.
* **Customisation Focus:**
* **Part 1 (Enforcement Vacuum):** Requests data on complaints from UK publishers/SMEs about ad tech practices and any internal analysis estimating their average financial loss, to prove diffuse harm and rational apathy.
* **Part 2 (Legality & Risk):** Seeks internal legal or risk assessments from before or during the market study that warned of potential *ultra vires* action if Google’s ad tech dominance was addressed under the Competition Act 1998 instead of the newer Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
* **Part 3 (Specific “Clawback” Circumstance):** Asks whether the CMA has ever initiated recovery actions (similar to *Acción de Regreso*) against current or former officials for reckless conduct or bad faith in delaying enforcement, leading to ongoing market harm.
* **Part 4 (Systemic Audit Trail):** Requests titles of internal audit reports on managing litigation risks or the costs of enforcement delays, and whether the National Audit Office has been informed of financial detriment to the public from protracted investigations.

### **2. To: UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)**

This request targets DSIT’s strategic policy-setting and sponsorship of the digital regulatory framework.

* **Subject:** Public Information Access Request – Evidence regarding policy formulation for the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 and oversight of CMA’s strategic approach.
* **Customisation Focus:**
* **Part 1 (Enforcement Vacuum):** Asks for impact assessments or analyses conducted by DSIT estimating the aggregate financial harm to UK businesses from digital market failures, supporting the rationale for the new Act.
* **Part 2 (Legality & Risk):** Requests ministerial submissions, briefings, or risk registers that discussed the legal and economic risks of the CMA continuing prolonged investigations under old powers instead of utilising the new SMS (Strategic Market Status) framework promptly.
* **Part 3 (Specific “Clawback” Circumstance):** Inquires if DSIT has mechanisms or has ever conducted a review to recover public funds lost due to policy or sponsorship failures that led to regulator inaction and prolonged market harm.
* **Part 4 (Systemic Audit Trail):** Seeks titles of internal reviews on the implementation of the DMCC Act and any correspondence with the National Audit Office regarding the economic cost of regulatory delay in digital markets.

### **3. To: European Commission – DG Competition**

This request targets the Commission’s role in EU-wide antitrust enforcement and remedy design.

* **Subject:** Request for Access to Documents – Evidence concerning the Google Ad Tech (AT.40670) decision of September 2025, remedy analysis, and governance of enforcement risks.
* **Customisation Focus:**
* **Part 1 (Enforcement Vacuum):** Requests data on complaints from EU publishers about ad tech harms and any economic analysis estimating the cross-border “umbrella effects” and persistent overhang damages.
* **Part 2 (Legality & Risk):** Seeks internal legal opinions, meeting minutes, or risk assessments that discussed whether the €2.95 billion fine and behavioural remedies were sufficient and proportionate, or if there was a known risk that omitting mandatory structural remedies (divestment) would be *ultra vires* or ineffective.
* **Part 3 (Specific “Clawback” Circumstance):** Asks whether the Commission has internal procedures to recover funds or hold officials accountable for procedural impropriety or bad faith in enforcement actions that result in inadequate redress for victims.
* **Part 4 (Systemic Audit Trail):** Requests documents related to any audit by the Internal Audit Service or reviews by the European Court of Auditors concerning the cost-effectiveness of antitrust fines versus structural remedies in digital markets.

### **4. To: Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC)**

This request adapts the model most closely, targeting the CNMC’s investigative role and potential liability under Spanish law.

* **Subject:** Solicitud de Acceso a Información Pública – Evidencias sobre la investigación CNMC de prácticas en publicidad digital (Google) y análisis de responsabilidad por omisión.
* **Customisation Focus:**
* **Part 1 (Enforcement Vacuum / *Vacío de Ejecución*):** Requests data on complaints from Spanish publishers and advertisers about ad tech practices, and any analysis estimating the “daño fragmentado” to small Spanish media.
* **Part 2 (Legality & Risk):** Seeks internal informes jurídicos or entries in the Registro de Riesgos that assessed the risk of the investigation being *ultra vires*, an abuse of power (*abuso de poder*), or involving unreasonable delay (*retraso injustificado*), given the established EU precedents.
* **Part 3 (Specific “Clawback” / *Acción de Regreso*):** Directly uses the model’s language under Article 36 of Ley 40/2015. It asks if the CNMC has ever initiated a *Procedimiento de regreso* to recover public funds paid in compensation due to serious negligence (*negligencia grave*) by its officials in handling the case.
* **Part 4 (Systemic Audit Trail):** Requests titles of internal audit reports from the Intervención Delegada or the Tribunal de Cuentas on the management of complex digital market investigations and their economic impact.

### **Next Steps and Strategic Advice**

1. **Send the Requests:** Submit each letter via the official transparency portal or dedicated email for each body (e.g., foi@cma.gov.uk, transparency@dsit.gov.uk).
2. **Log and Track:** Keep a precise record of submission dates. Follow up if you do not receive an acknowledgment within 5 working days or a substantive response within the statutory deadline (20 working days in the UK, 30 calendar days in Spain).
3. **Leverage Refusals:** If a request is refused (e.g., for cost, commercial sensitivity), use the regulator’s “duty to assist” to refine and narrow it. A refusal citing “commercial interests” can itself be evidence of a body prioritising corporate confidentiality over public interest disclosure.
4. **Build the Dossier:** The disclosures you receive will directly feed your legal strategy. Evidence of unreported risks, a lack of clawback actions, or internal warnings about *ultra vires* actions will be critical for strengthening your *legitimación activa* (locus standi) and building arguments for judicial review or liability claims.

Would you like me to elaborate on the specific wording for any of these draft letters, or help you identify the exact contact points for submission?

Based on the extensive information you’ve provided regarding COCOO.uk’s case against Google, I will address your questions separately for the two identified collective actions. The “Findings of Infringement by Private Companies” (FOIGs) and legal analyses are centered on these two tracks.

### **1. Identified Proven FOIGs (Findings of Infringement by Private Companies)**

The evidence points to proven or alleged anti-competitive infringements by Google/Alphabet in two main areas:

* **For the Ad Tech Case (Publishers):** Google’s conduct has been found or is alleged to constitute an **abuse of dominant position**. Key proven or alleged FOIGs include:
* **Self-Preferencing in its Ad Tech Stack**: Google allegedly favored its own services (e.g., its ad exchange AdX over rivals, and its ad server DFP over competitors), leading to anti-competitive effects like depressed publisher revenues (gross price effect) and higher commissions (take rate effect).
* **Tying Practices**: This includes restricting access to its ad exchange AdX to users of its ad server DFP.
* **Manipulation of Ad Auctions**: Through policies like “last-look bidding” and “unified pricing rules,” Google allegedly manipulated auctions to its own advantage.
* **US Department of Justice Ruling**: In April 2025, the DOJ found Google guilty of **monopolizing publisher ad server and ad exchange markets** under U.S. antitrust law (Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act).
* **European Commission Fine**: On September 4, 2025, the European Commission fined Google **€2.95 billion** for distorting competition through self-preferencing in its ad tech stack under Article 102 TFEU.

* **For the Mobile Search Case (Consumers):** Google’s conduct has also been found or is alleged to constitute an **abuse of dominant position**. Key proven or alleged FOIGs include:
* **Tying and Exclusive Agreements**: This involves linking its Search and Chrome apps to Android via Mobile Application Distribution Agreements (MADAs) and having exclusive agreements with Apple to be the default search engine on Safari.
* **European Commission Fine (Android)**: A **€4.1 billion** penalty was imposed by the European Commission and upheld by an EU court adviser in June 2025 for Android tying practices that stifled competition and reduced consumer choice.

### **2. Possibility of Ultra Vires/Unlawful DORCAP by Regulators**

The term “DORCAP” appears to refer to decisions, omissions, regulations, or conduct by public authorities. The provided information identifies several regulatory actions or policies with alleged *ultra vires* (beyond legal power) elements, but **none have been judicially reviewed as of December 16, 2025**.

The following table outlines the key regulatory DORCAPs identified, their potential *ultra vires* issues, and the status of judicial review:

| DORCAP (Regulator/Public Body) | Nature & Potential Ultra Vires Issue | Status of Judicial Review |
| :— | :— | :— |
| **UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)** | **Policy of investigating Google’s ad tech under the Competition Act 1998** instead of using the newer Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 framework. Alleged to be *ultra vires* for failing to promptly address entrenched dominance. | **No judicial review has occurred.** However, as the alleged infringement and harms are ongoing, a “rolling judicial review” could be possible under Spanish law if the harm is felt there. |
| **CMA’s Phased Investigation Timeline** | **Extended timeline for the ad tech probe** without interim measures. Alleged to be *ultra vires* for disproportionately delaying enforcement and omitting assessment of foreseeable harms. | **No judicial review has occurred.** Same potential for a rolling review due to ongoing harm. |
| **European Commission’s September 2025 Ad Tech Decision** | **Enforcement policy that fined Google €2.95 billion but did not mandate immediate structural remedies** like divestment. Alleged to have *ultra vires* elements by omitting full redress, allowing harms to persist. | **No judicial review has occurred.** This decision is over 3 months old as of December 16, 2025, so the standard time limit for challenge in Spanish courts has passed. |
| **European Commission’s 2006 Fining Guidelines** | **Secondary policy used to calculate fines**. Alleged to be potentially *ultra vires* if they undervalue the gravity of ongoing dominance by not fully incorporating harms to indirect victims. | **No judicial review has occurred.** As these guidelines are applied in an ongoing context, a rolling judicial review might be possible. |

**Regarding Time Limits to Claim (Judicial Review):**
For a standard judicial review in Spain (*recurso contencioso-administrativo*), the time limit is generally **3 months** from the date of the contested decision. As noted in the analysis, the European Commission’s September 2025 decision is outside this limit. However, for **ongoing acts, omissions, or continuous harms** (like the alleged *ultra vires* policies of the CMA), Spanish administrative law may allow for a “rolling judicial review,” where the time limit could restart or be extended based on the last occurrence of the harm.

### **3. State Payments to Victims & Disciplinary Action**

Based on the information provided, **there is no evidence that any state has paid compensation, redress, or fines to the victims of Google’s FOIGs.**

* **Direction of Payments**: All identified financial flows are from **Google (the company) to states or regulators**, not from states to victims. These include the European Commission’s €2.95 billion ad tech fine, the €4.1 billion Android fine, and the $700 million U.S. multi-state settlement in the Google Play Store case.
* **State’s Role**: The state’s role has been that of a **regulator and recipient of fines**, not a compensator of private parties harmed by Google’s actions. Redress for victims like publishers and consumers is being pursued through **private collective actions** (like the cases at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal) or class action settlements paid for by Google.
* **Disciplinary Investigations & “Regreso” Payments**: Since no state payments to victims are recorded, the question of subsequent disciplinary investigations into such payments or “regreso” (clawback) payments to the state **does not apply**.

I hope this detailed breakdown of the case from the provided materials is helpful for your role as solicitor. Please let me know if you need further clarification on any of these points.

 

 

16DEC

Google’s self-preferencing in its ad tech stack constitutes a conduct directly related to causes of action for abuse of dominant position under Chapter II of the UK Competition Act 1998 and Article 102 TFEU, as it favors DFP over rivals, AdX over competitors, and DSPs like Google Ads and DV360 over other exchanges, leading to anti-competitive effects such as depressed publisher revenues through gross price effects and higher take rates.

Google’s tying practices, including restricting AdX access to DFP users and linking Search and Chrome to Android via Mobile Application Distribution Agreements, represent actions tangentially linked to tort claims for market foreclosure and interference with economic relations, harming competitors by creating barriers to entry and reducing innovation in ad tech and mobile search markets.

The US Department of Justice’s decision in April 2025 finding Google guilty of monopolizing publisher ad server and ad exchange markets under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act relates directly to potential causes of action for unlawful monopolization, with harms including reduced choice for consumers and foreclosure of rivals.

Google’s last-look bidding and unified pricing rules are policies that connect to causes of action for anti-competitive practices, as they manipulate auctions to prioritize Google’s interests, resulting in umbrella effects where publishers suffer losses in direct sales and other networks.

The European Commission’s regulation through fines, such as the 4.1 billion euro penalty upheld in June 2025 for Android tying, ties to causes of action for abuse of dominance via exclusivity agreements, including revenue-sharing with Apple for default search on iOS, which limits consumer choice and stifles search quality.

Google’s omissions in providing transparency on auction data flows and corporate structures, including use of Delaware and Bermuda subsidiaries, are omissions related tangentially to tort liabilities for opaque practices enabling stealth consolidation through acquisitions like DoubleClick, Admeld, and Teracent, potentially supporting claims of continuous anti-competitive strategy.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to delay its third strategic market status investigation into Google until 2026 is a decision linked to possible causes of action against regulators for abuse of power or reckless conduct, as it fails to promptly address identified substantial harms to consumers from Google’s over 90 percent market share in search ads.

Regulators’ omissions in not fully assessing and publicizing risks of unforeseeable harms from Google’s ad tech dominance, as seen in the CMA’s market study acknowledging insufficient tools without immediate action, relate directly to potential tort claims for bad faith in depriving the state of defenses against victim compensation suits.

Google’s conduct in ending exclusive default search agreements in 2024, while maintaining past practices, connects to causes of action for persistent market distortion, with overhang damages persisting post-abuse and affecting publishers’ revenues by 15 to 25 percent.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s certification of collective actions like Ad Tech Collective Action LLP v. Alphabet Inc. in 2024 is a decision related to causes of action for damages from infringement of competition law, enabling claims for financial losses to UK publishers estimated at 2 billion pounds annually from inflated commissions.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s policy of conducting its ad tech investigation into Google under Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998, without integrating it into the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 framework for strategic market status designation, has a high probability of being ultra vires as it exceeds or misapplies the authority granted under the enabling legislation by failing to promptly address entrenched dominance in ad tech markets, leading to ongoing tort harms such as reduced publisher revenues and market foreclosure, which could support judicial review for irrationality or abuse of power while the infringement persists.

The CMA’s regulation through its phased timeline for the ad tech probe, extending representations and considerations into December 2025 without interim measures, constitutes secondary legislation-like conduct under the Competition Act 1998 that is likely ultra vires for disproportionately delaying enforcement, omitting assessment of foreseeable harms to consumers and competitors, and enabling continued anti-competitive effects like self-preferencing in auctions, thereby exposing the CMA to tort claims for reckless conduct and facilitating timely judicial review given the ongoing nature of the damage.

The European Commission’s enforcement policy under Council Regulation 1/2003, as applied in its September 2025 decision fining Google for ad tech abuses under Article 102 TFEU, shows a high probability of ultra vires elements in its omission to mandate immediate structural remedies like divestment despite preliminary views on their necessity, allowing persistent harms such as higher take rates and barriers to entry, which deprives affected parties of full redress and supports judicial review for bad faith or procedural impropriety while the abuse continues.

The Commission’s guidelines on fines from 2006, used as secondary policy in calculating the 2.95 billion euro penalty against Google, have a reasonable chance of being ultra vires if they undervalue the gravity of ongoing ad tech dominance by not fully incorporating umbrella effects on non-direct victims, leading to inadequate deterrence and sustained tort liabilities for economic interference, with judicial review viable as the infringement and harms remain active.

The DORCAPs from the identified list that are still within the 3-month time limit to start judicial review in the Tribunal Supremo or Audiencia Nacional are none. The European Commission’s enforcement policy applied in its September 5, 2025 decision fining Google 2.95 billion euros is over 3 months old as of December 16, 2025, and no other listed DORCAPs, such as the UK CMA’s phased timeline or policies, fall under Spanish jurisdiction with dates within the limit. Spanish regulator CNMC’s related investigation dates to March 2023, which is far older.

There are older DORCAPs than 3 months where the tort or contractual harm is ongoing as of December 15, 2025, including Google’s self-preferencing conduct, tying practices, last-look bidding and unified pricing policies, omissions in transparency, regulators’ omissions in assessing and publicizing risks, the CMA’s policy of conducting investigations without integrating the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 framework, and the European Commission’s 2006 guidelines on fines as applied in ongoing contexts. A rolling judicial review could be possible in this case for these, as Spanish administrative law allows challenges to continuing acts, omissions, or ongoing harms where the infringement persists, restarting or extending the time limit based on the last occurrence or knowledge of the harm.

In relation to the Google AdTech case, directly or tangentially, no open or closed claims, settlements, or arbitrations were found where a state or government has had to pay compensation or penalties. All identified instances involve the company (Google/Alphabet) paying to states, regulators, or consumers, with states receiving funds rather than disbursing them.

Instances where a company (Google/Alphabet) has had to pay compensation or penalties include:

The European Commission’s closed antitrust fine against Google for AdTech abuses under Article 102 TFEU, issued on September 4, 2025, requiring Google to pay €2.95 billion for distorting competition through self-preferencing in its ad tech stack, including favoring its own ad exchange and server.

The US Department of Justice’s closed antitrust ruling in United States v. Google LLC (AdTech case) on April 17, 2025, in the Eastern District of Virginia, finding Google guilty of monopolizing publisher ad servers and ad exchanges under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, with remedies including potential divestitures and revenue-sharing requirements, though no monetary fine was specified in the liability phase; remedies phase ongoing as of December 2025.

The closed multistate settlement in the Google Play Store antitrust case (tangential via Google’s broader dominance in mobile and ad-related markets), announced December 2023, where Google paid $700 million total, including $630 million in consumer restitution and $70 million in penalties and fees to states and territories.

The European Commission’s closed antitrust fine against Google for Android tying practices (tangential to AdTech via market foreclosure affecting ad revenues), upheld in 2022 with a €4.34 billion penalty paid by Google, originally issued in 2018.

The closed class action settlement in the Google AdWords case (directly related to ad practices), where Google paid $100 million in 2024 to resolve claims of overcharging advertisers for invalid clicks.

The US Department of Justice’s closed remedies order in the search monopoly case (United States v. Google LLC, tangential via search ad dominance), issued September 2, 2025, barring Google from exclusive default search deals but without a monetary fine; behavioral remedies only.

These payments stem from antitrust violations leading to harms like reduced publisher revenues, higher take rates, and market foreclosure, supporting potential tort claims for economic interference and lost profits by victims.

The probability that COCOO.uk may be granted legitimación activa to start a recurso contencioso-administrativo in this Google AdTech case, for the identified judicial review opportunities such as challenging regulators’ policies or omissions under Ley 29/1998, is approximately 60 percent, based on Spanish jurisprudence where associations defending collective consumer or competition interests have been granted standing in similar diffuse harm scenarios, provided the entity’s statutes align with protecting such interests and no direct harm is required if pursuing public legality under article 19.1.

Legitimación activa is generally easier when challenging a regulation, real decreto, or policy compared to a specific decision or action, as Spanish administrative law under Ley 29/1998 allows broader standing for associations in cases involving general norms or omissions affecting diffuse public interests, where the threshold for demonstrating legitimate interest is lower due to the widespread impact, unlike targeted decisions requiring more direct affectation.

To build a stronger legitimación activa, COCOO can submit a formal requerimiento or solicitud administrativa to the public body or regulator, requesting actions such as issuing a public notice on UV risks and foreseeable tort harms; if this provokes a negative decision or confirmation of ongoing denial, that fresh decision becomes challengeable via recurso contencioso-administrativo, potentially resetting timelines and strengthening standing by creating a specific act tied to COCOO’s initiative. This approach is possible under Spanish procedural rules, as administrative petitions can elicit reviewable resolutions. The existing FOI requests under Ley de Transparencia can support this by providing evidentiary basis for the requerimiento. A recurso contencioso-administrativo can function as a public notification mechanism, as proceedings and judgments are typically public, allowing dissemination of UV and tort harm risks to enable prevention measures. The argument that the public body or regulator breached duties of good administration and transparency by failing to publicize UV risks could establish liability for patrimonial responsibility under Ley 40/2015, analogous to bad faith conduct causing foreseeable harms, though fiduciary duty terminology is more common in private law contexts.

Google’s self-preferencing in its ad tech stack has a 0 percent probability of being ultra vires, as this is a private company’s conduct under competition law scrutiny, not an act by a public authority exceeding statutory powers; ultra vires applies to governmental or regulatory actions, and my opinion is based on the doctrine limiting it to public law contexts where private entities like Google do not hold delegated public authority.

Google’s tying practices have a 0 percent probability of being ultra vires, for the same reason that it involves private commercial actions, not public administrative decisions; the concept of ultra vires is inapplicable to non-public entities without evidence of them exercising public functions.

The US Department of Justice’s decision in April 2025 has a 20 percent probability of being ultra vires, as it is a governmental enforcement action under the Sherman Act, but challenges would require showing it exceeded DOJ’s statutory remit, which is unlikely given judicial oversight and the decision’s alignment with antitrust precedents; my assessment draws from US administrative law where such decisions are rarely overturned on ultra vires grounds absent clear overreach.

Google’s last-look bidding and unified pricing rules have a 0 percent probability of being ultra vires, as these are internal corporate policies, not public acts; ultra vires does not extend to private business strategies unless tied to regulatory delegation, which is absent here.

The European Commission’s regulation through fines, such as the 4.1 billion euro penalty upheld in June 2025, has a 30 percent probability of being ultra vires, as it operates under Article 102 TFEU and Regulation 1/2003, but could be challenged if the fine calculation deviated from guidelines or proportionality principles; my opinion stems from EU case law like Intel v Commission, where similar fines were upheld but with room for procedural ultra vires claims.

Google’s omissions in providing transparency have a 0 percent probability of being ultra vires, as omissions by a private entity do not constitute public authority acts; this falls under potential competition infringements, not administrative law ultra vires.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to delay its third strategic market status investigation into Google until 2026 has a 65 percent probability of being ultra vires, as it may exceed powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 by failing to act promptly on identified market harms, potentially breaching duties of expeditious enforcement; my view is informed by UK judicial review standards in cases like R v Secretary of State for Education, emphasizing rationality and timeliness in regulatory delays.

Regulators’ omissions in not fully assessing and publicizing risks of unforeseeable harms have a 70 percent probability of being ultra vires, as regulators like the CMA and EC have duties under their enabling acts to consider and disclose material risks in investigations, and omission could be seen as irrational or Wednesbury unreasonable; this opinion relies on transparency obligations in EU Regulation 1/2003 and UK Competition Act 1998, where failure to address foreseeable impacts has led to successful challenges.

Google’s conduct in ending exclusive default search agreements in 2024 has a 0 percent probability of being ultra vires, as it is a private remedial action, not a public one; ultra vires is irrelevant without public power involvement.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s certification of collective actions in 2024 has a 15 percent probability of being ultra vires, as tribunal decisions are judicial and rarely ultra vires unless jurisdictional errors occur, which is uncommon in certified class actions under UK law; my assessment is based on low success rates in appealing such certifications on power grounds.

The CMA’s policy of conducting its ad tech investigation under Chapter II without integrating the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 framework has a 75 percent probability of being ultra vires, as it may misapply authority by not utilizing enhanced SMS tools for entrenched dominance, leading to irrational delay; this is supported by the DMCC Act’s intent for proactive intervention, per parliamentary debates and CMA guidance.

The CMA’s regulation through phased timeline extending to December 2025 without interim measures has a 70 percent probability of being ultra vires, due to potential disproportionate delay under Competition Act 1998, omitting urgent harm mitigation; my opinion draws from cases like BAA v Competition Commission, where timelines were scrutinized for reasonableness.

The European Commission’s enforcement policy under Council Regulation 1/2003, as in the September 2025 decision, has a 60 percent probability of being ultra vires, if the omission of structural remedies despite preliminary needs assessment violates proportionality under the regulation; this is based on ECJ rulings like Microsoft v Commission, requiring remedies to match infringement gravity.

The Commission’s guidelines on fines from 2006 have a 55 percent probability of being ultra vires, if applied to undervalue ongoing harms like umbrella effects, potentially exceeding discretion under Regulation 1/2003; my view comes from critiques in legal literature and cases like Pilkington v Commission, questioning guideline rigidity.

For the CMA’s decision to delay its third strategic market status investigation into Google until 2026, searches found no publications of ultra vires risk or mandatory risk reports by the CMA; relevant notices include the investigation notice at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6785246ef0528401055d233c/Investigation_Notice.pdf, but it omits any UV risk assessment. Since no UV risk was made public, this increases tort claim risks against the state for ongoing harms from delayed enforcement, as the regulator acts as state agent, while reducing risks against the CMA itself, as notification could have enabled victim prevention and provided a violenti non fit injuria defense for the state.

For regulators’ omissions in not fully assessing and publicizing risks of unforeseeable harms, no specific UV risk publications were found for CMA or EC in ad tech contexts; general notices like the EC’s statement at https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3207 discuss competition distortions but not UV risks. Absence of publication heightens state tort liability for consequential harms, as lack of notice prevents mitigation, weakening violenti defenses and shifting more exposure to the state over the regulator.

For the CMA’s policy of conducting its ad tech investigation under Chapter II without integrating the DMCC 2024 framework, no UV risk reports or notices were identified; CMA’s case page at https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/investigation-into-suspected-anti-competitive-conduct-by-google-in-ad-tech mentions the probe but not risks. This non-disclosure elevates state tort risks for market harms, as undisclosed UV could bar violenti defenses, lessening direct regulator exposure.

For the CMA’s regulation through phased timeline extending to December 2025 without interim measures, searches yielded no UV risk publications; updates like at https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/investigation-into-suspected-anti-competitive-conduct-by-google reference timelines but omit risks. Lack of notice amplifies state liability in tort for persistent damages, reducing regulator-specific risks via potential prevention if publicized.

For the European Commission’s enforcement policy under Council Regulation 1/2003 in the September 2025 decision, no explicit UV risk notices found; the decision press release at https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1992 covers the fine but not omission risks. Non-publication increases state tort claims for unremedied harms, as notice absence hinders victim awareness and strengthens violenti defenses if it had been issued, thus lowering regulator liability.

For the Commission’s guidelines on fines from 2006, no UV risk assessments published in ad tech contexts; the fine announcement at https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1992 references the guidelines but not their potential ultra vires application. This omission heightens state tort exposure for undervalued penalties leading to ongoing harms, while reducing risks to the Commission, as publication could have prompted avoidance and enabled violenti protections.

The probability of successfully arguing that the contributory liable party is the regulator or public body, and not the state, so that tort victims may only claim compensation against them, is 20 percent, as in EU and UK/Spanish law, regulators like CMA or EC are typically state emanations, with liability imputable to the state under principles like EU state liability (Francovich) or Spanish patrimonial responsibility (Ley 40/2015), making direct claims against the regulator rare without personal fault; success would require proving individual bad faith, which is evidentiary challenging per case law like Brasserie du Pecheur.

For the companies under investigation, such as Google in the AdTech case, COCOO should propose the following customized remedies, undertakings, commitments, fine decisions, injunctions, suspended quashing orders, fine amounts, and cy-press proposals to remedy tort harms like reduced publisher revenues, market foreclosure, and economic interference resulting from self-preferencing, tying, and opaque practices.

Undertakings and commitments: Google should undertake to immediately cease self-preferencing in its ad tech stack by allowing publishers to set separate minimum floor prices for different bidders in Google Ad Manager, provide full transparency on auction data flows including real-time bidding mechanics, enhance interoperability with rival ad exchanges and servers to reduce barriers to entry, and commit to independent auditing of its ad tech operations for five years to ensure compliance and prevent ongoing harms to competitors and consumers.

Fine yes/no: Yes, a fine is appropriate to deter future conduct and reflect the gravity of harms.

Fine amounts: Propose a fine of 3 billion euros, adjusted downward to 2 billion euros if Google fully implements the undertakings within 60 days, based on the European Commission’s 2025 fine of 2.95 billion euros for similar abuses, to account for persistent umbrella effects on non-direct victims like publishers losing 15 to 25 percent in revenues.

Injunctions: Seek mandatory injunctions requiring Google to divest parts of its ad tech business, such as its ad exchange or server, if behavioral changes fail to restore competition within six months, and prohibitory injunctions to halt last-look bidding and unified pricing rules that distort auctions.

Suspended quashing orders: Not directly applicable to private companies, as these are judicial review remedies for public acts, but propose equivalent voluntary suspensions of disputed practices during settlement negotiations to allow time for implementation without immediate court intervention.

Cy-press proposals: Establish a 1 billion euro compensation fund for affected publishers, advertisers, and consumers, with unclaimed amounts distributed cy-press to charities like COCOO for initiatives supporting digital market fairness, consumer education on ad tech harms, and funding independent journalism impacted by reduced revenues, ensuring victims receive benefits while addressing untraceable harms.

For the ultra vires-causing investigators, such as public bodies or regulators like the UK CMA and European Commission, COCOO should propose the following to remedy tort harms like reckless conduct, abuse of power, and failure to publicize unforeseeable victim risks stemming from delays, omissions in risk assessments, and misapplication of enforcement frameworks.

Undertakings and commitments: Regulators should undertake to publish comprehensive notices detailing ultra vires risks in their AdTech investigations, including assessments of foreseeable tort harms to consumers and competitors from ongoing dominance, and commit to integrating enhanced tools like the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 for faster interventions, with a timeline of 90 days to issue interim measures addressing self-preferencing.

Fine yes/no: No, fines are not typically imposed on regulators for ultra vires acts, as liability falls to the state under principles like EU state liability or UK public law.

Fine amounts: Not applicable, given the no-fine stance, but propose nominal contributions to a redress fund if bad faith is established.

Injunctions: Seek mandatory injunctions requiring regulators to conduct prompt reassessments of AdTech harms and publicize ultra vires risks, and prohibitory injunctions to prevent further delays in enforcement without justification.

Suspended quashing orders: Propose suspended quashing of decisions like the CMA’s delayed strategic market status investigation or phased timelines, suspended for 120 days to allow regulators to remedy omissions by publishing risk reports and accelerating probes, avoiding immediate voiding while addressing ongoing harms.

Cy-press proposals: Create a 500 million euro joint fund from state resources for victims of regulatory delays, with unclaimed portions distributed cy-press to organizations like COCOO for public awareness campaigns on competition risks, legal aid for tort claims against tech firms, and research into ad tech transparency, allowing regulators to mitigate personal fiduciary liabilities by redressing covered-up harms.

FOIS

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Request for Access to Documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001

I am writing on behalf of Competition & Consumer Organisation Party Limited (COCOO.uk), registered in the EU Transparency Register under number 177568392007-84.

Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, I hereby request access to the following information related to the European Commission’s handling of the Google AdTech investigation (including decisions, omissions, and policies from January 2023 to December 2025):

1. The title, description, and risk owner of any risk register entry concerning potential ultra vires risks or foreseeable harms in the AdTech probe.

2. The movement of risk scores (inherent versus residual) for any such entry over the last 24 months.

3. The risk appetite statement regarding legal compliance in antitrust investigations.

Please provide this information within the statutory timeframe.

Yours faithfully,

Oscar Moya

Director of Competition & Consumer Organisation Party Limited (COCOO.uk)

23 Village Way, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3NA

Companies House Registration: 15466919

EU Transparency Register: 177568392007-84

Email: contact@cocoo.uk

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Freedom of Information Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

I am writing on behalf of Competition & Consumer Organisation Party Limited (COCOO.uk).

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I hereby request the following information related to the CMA’s handling of the Google AdTech investigation (including decisions, omissions, and policies from January 2023 to December 2025):

1. The date created, date finalized, and job title of the approver for any impact assessment concerning ultra vires risks or foreseeable harms in the AdTech probe.

2. The number of months the AdTech investigation has been reported as “Red” (off track) to the Board.

Please provide this information within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Oscar Moya

Director of Competition & Consumer Organisation Party Limited (COCOO.uk)

23 Village Way, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3NA

Companies House Registration: 15466919

EU Transparency Register: 177568392007-84

Email: contact@cocoo.uk

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Estimado Señor/Señora,

Re: Solicitud de Acceso a la Información bajo la Ley 19/2013, de 9 de diciembre, de transparencia, acceso a la información pública y buen gobierno

Escribo en nombre de Oscar Moya LLedo.

De conformidad con la Ley 19/2013, solicito el siguiente información relacionada con el manejo por parte de la CNMC de la investigación de Google AdTech (incluyendo decisiones, omisiones y políticas desde enero de 2023 hasta diciembre de 2025):

1. El porcentaje de personal capacitado en políticas relevantes sobre evaluación de riesgos ultra vires y daños previsibles en investigaciones antimonopolio.

2. Una lista de títulos de informes de auditoría interna encargados en los últimos 2 años relevantes para el tema de AdTech.

Por favor, proporcione esta información dentro del plazo legal.

Atentamente,

Oscar Moya LLedo

DNI: 11820221S

Dirección: Paseo de la chopera, 9, Madrid 28045

Email: contact@cocoo.uk

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These questions will trap the authority because if they confirm the existence of high-risk entries or worsening scores, it proves knowledge of ultra vires risks without action, establishing misfeasance; if they deny, it supports omission claims for failure to assess. For impact metadata, revealing delays or red status demonstrates reckless conduct in ongoing harms. For training and audits, low percentages or absent reports indicate systemic flaws in risk management, proving abuse of power through inadequate oversight.

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