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This paper empirically studies the location decisions of internet firms when they face high legal standards of privacy … protection. Many factors might influence them: technological spillovers, lower taxation, and so on. Internet firms can also … consider over-stringent. In the current stage of development of the internet – the so-called Web 2.0 – the ease of access to …
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a consequence have used it as a pretext to increase control on the internet, jeopardising in such a way free speech …
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This paper provides an analysis of the impact of using machine learning to conduct profiling of individuals in the context of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.We look at what profiling means and at the right that data subjects have not to be subject to decisions based solely on...
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Data crosses national borders routinely. And any regulation on data privacy by an individual national authority could easily have ramifications beyond its jurisdictional boundary. This article lays out some of the relevant issues and provides an argument for international coordination and...
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), like many other technologies, is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, this automatic identification technology would enable entirely unobstructed visibility into the supply chain, and would dramatically cut down on industry's costs. On the other hand, RFID...
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to personal data in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). This consideration is framed around two main approaches …
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This chapter tackles a somewhat neglected realm of the information privacy discourse, by directly examining the specific detriments arising from the systematic uses of personal information collected online. The chapter begins by drawing out the flow of personal information in today's digital...
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The movement of personal data across national borders is fundamental to the Internet economy. Yet the laws that govern …
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This paper investigates how privacy regulation affects the structure of online markets. We provide a simple theoretical model capturing the basic trade-off between the degree of privacy intrusion and the informativeness of advertising. We derive empirically testable hypotheses regarding a...
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The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...
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