This Phase 2 Report is a deliverable element of the study being conducted by a team led by RAND Europe into 'Options for and Effectiveness of Internet Self- and Co-Regulation'. The main objective of the study is to assist the Commission in development of a coherent and effective approach to...

A growing number of states worldwide are imposing mandatory requirements on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prevent their subscribers from accessing overseas content that would be banned under local laws. It is well known that undemocratic states such as China implement online censorship;...

A stronger legal and regulatory environment, high profile privacy failures, and increasing public concerns build the case for enterprises to take privacy seriously. For those new to the subject, this paper describes the harms that privacy failures can lead to, and the reasons why privacy issues...

The ongoing development of computing, communications and storage technologies presents a challenge to privacy protection, given the increasing ease with which personal data can be collected, analysed, stored, and shared. Computer scientists have developed “privacy by design” techniques such...

In this article we have used existing literature, a large-scale electronic survey of stakeholder participants, an expert workshop and interviews with a range of LAP stakeholders to answer the following research questions: • Where should action on Internet security sit in the continuous...

In this paper, we explain what more is needed to square the circle of Internet regulation in the broader public interest, for all Internet users, not the fortunate few or the even more fortunate and fewer dominant corporations. We argue for ‘prosumer law’ and give an example of our proposed...

Google and Apple’s smartphone and tablet ‘app’ stores are facing significant antitrust scrutiny in Europe, culminating in enforcement action by the European Commission and specific obligations in the new EU Digital Markets Act. In a field previously dominated by US law and jurisprudence,...

A central theme of health policy has concerned the public's participation in primary health care services, both as individual consumers and collectively as communities. In the U.K. primary care increasingly centres on general practice. This paper reports an exploratory study undertaken with...