Tracking online user behavior is essential for targeted advertising and is at the heart of the business model of major online platforms. We analyze tracker-specific web browsing data to show how the prediction quality of consumer profiles varies with data size and scope. We find decreasing...

The interface between the legal systems triggered by the creation, distribution and consumption of Data is difficult to grasp, and this paper therefore tries to dissect this interface by following information, i.e. ‘the data’ from its sources, to users and re-users and ultimately to its...

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...

A number of issues arise with regard to competition law and data protection, in particular in the online services context. For one, the relationship between competition law and privacy is yet to be fully understood and we discuss below the aspects of this conundrum: first, we look into the issue...

This paper argues that that it is possible to include privacy concerns in EU competition law while balancing economic efficiency and consumer welfare by the simultaneous application of EU data protection law. The personal data of consumers evidently has monetary value as companies provide...

Data processing by businesses in digital markets is being scrutinized, by both Data Protection Authorities and Competition Regulators, albeit for different reasons. Sometimes pro-privacy policies may limit competition while pro- competition measures may dilute privacy. At other times, an...