The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted in the European Union in April 2016 and went into effect in May 2018. We study its impact on investment in new and emerging technology firms. Our findings indicate negative post-GDPR effects after its 2018 rollout on European ventures,...

With the explosion of computer technology, vastly more and more varied types of data related to individuals are being disseminated online, often without their consent. Whilst intermediary publishers are not the initial and immediate cause of this, they generally play a contributory role and...

The objective of this working paper is to point out actual and potential obstacles to effective protection of the fundamental right to data protection, created by rules on jurisdiction and applicable law, and to put forward solutions for removing those obstacles with regard to data protection....

The current legal analysis on the blockchain technology focuses on the financial regulation of the cryptocurrencies and little investigation is done in the area of privacy regulation of this technology.This research shows that the blockchains are much more nuanced than could be served by a...

Everyone is talking about the relationship between data protection, “data power” and competition law. The increasing importance of data and the presumed concentration of data in the hands of certain companies have stoked fears, leading to calls for political regulation and increased...

The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) establishes requirements (and certain incentives) for internal compliance mechanisms that do not exist in current legislation. These requirements, which will have an impact on internal processes and staffing of firms, such as the requirement...

The so-called “Right to Be Forgotten” established by the Court of Justice of the European Union in 2014 is about to change. The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in 2018, introduces new notice-and-takedown rules for online information targeted by “Right...

With the exponential growth of digitization and electronic market, personal data has taken on a key role for all individuals actively involved in the process. Any type of transaction, from the payment of a product or service to registration on a web site, requires extensive use of information...

This article analyzes how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has affected the privacy practices of FinTech firms. We study the content of 308 privacy statements respectively before and after the GDPR became binding. Using textual analysis methods, we find that the readability of the...