Companies are under an increasing pressure by policy makers to publicize data breaches. Such notification obligations require announcing the loss of personal data collected from customers, because of hacker attacks or other incidents. While notification is likely to impact on firms' reputation,...

Breaches of the security of personal data collected by firms are reported almost daily. Companies are under an increasing political pressure to notify individuals whose privacy as been breached. At the moment, we know virtually nothing about the behavioral impact of data breach notifications. We...

One of the most popular questions in information security economics is whether there are any special features relating to privacy and cyber-security products and services that separate these from traditional goods, like apples or cars. This paper is a contribution to this discussion. First,...

This IPACSO report gives a broad, but in-depth overview of the research fields of the economics of cyber-security and privacy. It includes an introduction to economic incentivization, economic decision-making, as well as failures in markets for cyber-security and privacy products and services

With the large-scale deployment of Information and Communication Technologies markets for products and services related to personal data and privacy are thriving. Yet, to date, there has been little effort to systematically map these markets. In this IPACSO White Paper, a methodology is proposed...

In diesem Jahr steht in Deutschland die Novellierung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB) an. Das Reformvorhaben hat eine intensive Debatte um die Neuorientierung der Wettbewerbspolitik in digitalen Märkten entfacht. Während es einen Konsens gibt, dass der existierende...