This paper reconstructs how the UK data protection framework has evolved in the last four years, from the time of the Brexit referendum to the introduction of the TCA. It assesses to what extent the new UK data protection regime reflects the Brexit desiderata, and analyses the challenges of the...

As the notorious 2017 Equifax Breach was unfolding in the United States, the European Union was counting down the days until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) would become enforceable. This Law Review Note was written as these events were developing, and it analyzes various legal...

Information is the lifeblood of a knowledge-based economy. The control of data and the ability to translate them into meaningful information is indispensable to businesspeople, policymakers, scientists, engineers, researchers, students, and consumers. Having useful, and at times exclusive,...

In recent years, blockchain, the underlying technology behind cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, has emerged as one of the technological innovations with the greatest potential to transform the economy and society. As various European institutions and data protection authorities point out, this...

While regional data protection and privacy regimes are cited as a major barrier in cross-border digital trade, mitigating consumer privacy concerns through regulations can potentially increase the demand for foreign digital products or services. This study presents empirical evidence on this...

Changes that are constantly taking place in the digital economy cause increasing instability of legislation in the field of data protection and security. For example, in Ukraine, under martial law, there is an urgent need to adapt the legal regulation to European data protection standards (in...

This paper reviews the economic literature on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I highlight key challenges for studying the regulation including the difficulty of finding a suitable control group, variable firm compliance and regulatory enforcement, as well as the...