Month: May 2024

Computational antitrust tools can support competition authorities in the detection of antitrust infringements. However, these tools require the availability of suitable data sets in order to produce reliable results. The present proof-of-concept study focuses on the understudied area of resale price maintenance, that is, the fixing of retail prices between manufacturers and retailers. By applying Read More …

The deployment of pervasive information and communication technologies (ICTs) within smart city initiatives transforms cities into extraordinary apparatuses of data capture. ICTs such as smart cameras, sound sensors and lighting technology are trying to infer and affect persons’ interests, preferences, emotional states, and behaviour. It should be no surprise then that contemporary legal and policy Read More …

The end of the second decade of the 21st century has been the best of times for EU’s cybersecurity law and policy: Its NIS Directive has been transposed into all Member States’ national law, creating a new administrative structure at EU and Member State level and mandating relevant policies and strategies to update and harmonise Read More …

As indicated by Tovar, Elias, and Chang (1999), oneof thefirst research concerns deals with the Bauserman (1996) question of whether or not exposure to pornography plays a role in the development or execution of offending behavior. As they indicate (p. 261) the literature providesmuch clearer data with respect to the commission of the offense as Read More …

Previously confined to the distinct medical market, neurotechnologies are expanding rapidly into the consumer market, driven by technological advancements and substantial investments. While offering promising benefits, concerns have emerged regarding the suitability of existing legal frameworks to adequately address the risks they present. Against the background of an ongoing global debate on new policies or Read More …

The island of Ireland is partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In both jurisdictions, there have been important developments in mental health and mental capacity law, and associated policies and services. This includes an emphasis on developing more comprehensive approaches to collecting data on outcomes and so there is an opportunity to Read More …

The Netherlands became State Party to the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2016, a treaty that holds great promise for promoting and protecting human rights of persons with mental disorders. Yet, the Dutch government also made explicit reservations to the Convention. On 1 January 2020, the Netherlands introduced Read More …

The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC ”) issued the Measures on Standard Contracts for the Export of Personal In- formation (“SC Measures ”) on 24 February 2023, finalizing the hotly-anticipated standard contract for the export of personal information (“Standard Contract”) under the Personal Infor- mation Protection Law (“PIPL ”). The Finalized Measures come after more Read More …

The emergence of big data and machine learning has allowed sellers and online plat-forms to tailor pricing for customers in real-time, but as many legal scholars have pointed out, personalised pricing poses a threat to the fundamental values of privacy and non-discrimination, raising legal and ethical concerns. However, most of those studies neglect affinity-based algorithmic Read More …

Adult safeguarding legislation is contentious because it seeks to protect ‘vulnerable’ adults who fall between the borderlands of social care, mental health and mental capacity law. As a new and complex area of law and practice, further research on adult safeguarding legislation is required, in particular to consider it efficacy and human rights implications. Utilising Read More …