The advent of online advertising has simultaneously created unprecedented opportunities for advertisers to target consumers and prompted privacy concerns among consumers and regulators. This paper estimates the financial impact of privacy policies on the online display ad industry by applying an...

The rapid proliferation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as “drones”, has given rise to considerable public concern about privacy and unwelcome surveillance and observation. This paper reviews some of the privacy and surveillance concerns created by UAS, and considers the...

EU authorities increasingly take antitrust and data protection enforcement action against US internet companies. While many believe in digital protectionism, this paper looks at the foundations of data protection and antitrust policies across the Atlantic to propose an alternative explanation...

Regulatory theorists have engaged in an interesting debate over the merits of “collaborative governance.” The term refers to those governance approaches in which regulators, industry and other stakeholders work together on drafting and enforcing rules. Proponents of collaborative governance...

This paper reviews emerging issues with respect to market power and user privacy in digital commerce, and implications for the use of personalization by providers of products and services. It argues that advances in various forms of AI, machine learning, and related software tools allow for the...

In this paper, the key factors that affect the extent of GDPR implementation in enterprises are analysed. Since 2018, all organizations operating in the European Union or processing personal data of EU citizens have had to incorporate a new regulation in their work. After three years of...

Can competition law also take into account effects on privacy or should pri-vacy concerns of data-collecting behaviour only be dealt with by data protection law? In this paper we are analysing the German Facebook case, in which certain terms of service (that force consumers to give consent for...

Can competition law also take into account effects on privacy or should privacy concerns of data-collecting behaviour only be dealt with by data protection law? In this paper we are analysing the German Facebook case, in which certain terms of service (that force consumers to give consent for...

The quest for security entails agency relationships, whether protecting ourselves from the rogues and vandals of the Internet, or protecting our personal information in the hands of commercial actors. Firms that provide the technology to provide network security generally do so without...

The Information Economy produces a host of new injuries to personal privacy. These include damage from data mining, data spills, identity theft, the tracking of online activity, and spam. Policymakers are currently searching for a framework with which to think about the governance of these...