This article analyzes the interaction of EU competition, consumer and data protection law in the digital economy. We compare the objectives, rules and enforcement structures of these legal regimes, and we discuss market failures that justify regulatory intervention in digital markets. In...

The recent revelations of intensive mass surveillance led by the United States of America (USA) along with the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, Canada and many other established democracies have moved the tectonic plate of the internet regulatory structure. Lacks of efficiency of the current...

The main objective of the paper is to identify the imbalance between the right to privacy and the business objectives of entities creating new Data-Driven Business Models (DDBMs) of consumers (EU citizens). Information about the consumer and their characteristics has nowadays become a service or...

Online privacy has long been a challenge, but the rise of Web 2.0 technologies has made it easier for more people to share personal information about themselves. There is a particular concern that young people who have grown accustomed to baring their private information in the public Internet...

Social networking systems (SNS) are emerging as a cultural phenomenon in China and a Chinese SNS industry is rapidly developing. While greatly enriching their users' lives, these systems bring issues of private law data protection to the fore. The paper tests the data protection quality of...

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 worldwide popularity of social media has resulted in accumulation of big data volumes by social platforms. Attempting to increase attractiveness of their services, social media deploy special marketing tools which comprise statistical data on users, their interests, customer behavior, etc....