In light of the harmful and wide-ranging effect of the coronavirus pandemic, many governments in the European territory and on the global framework rushed to introduce forms of financial support for those groups that are susceptible to be economically affected by the current situation in order...

In recent years, the debate about smart contracts, the blockchain, and their interaction with the law has been constantly intensifying, resulting in a vast multiplicity of contributions that try to deal with these new technologies, the role they are likely to assume in the society, and their...

Online commerce experienced a technological revolution, shifting towards automated, data-driven technologies for the allocation and display of offers and advertisings. The introduction of tracking and targeting technologies that leverage consumer data to personalize marketing catalysed the...

As the attainment of sustainability goals arises as a pivotal – and desirable – format in the development of financial markets the role of the State in favouring this process becomes multifaceted and complex to decipher. In order to promote a favourable environment for sustainable...

Individual vulnerability has triggered a vivid debate in the data protection field. However, the efforts to define and protect vulnerable individuals in data protection law (building on a blurred notion of “data power” imbalance) appear still incomplete, under both a theoretical and a...

The attempt to establish a common European framework for core platforms’ duties and responsibilities towards other actors in the digital environment is at the core of the recent scholarly debate surrounding the Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposal. In particular, the everlasting juxtaposition...

Nowadays, it is vastly acknowledged that the majority of business-to-consumer (B2C) interaction is based on consumer profiling, and that individuals’ data is increasingly used as a tool to elaborate and deliver personalized products and services. Risks related to unregulated abuse of...