The thesis presents a retrospective analysis of the representative action legal mechanism in order to identify the type of legal figure adopted in the European General Data Protection Regulation. The study focuses on the ...

This thesis reviews Colombia’s current data protection framework to determine which challenges it faces to be recognized by the European Union as a third country with an adequate level of protection. Therefore, the reader ...

This thesis considers the plausibility and effect of joint controllership under the European Data Protection Framework for website operators when placing third-party tracking cookies. Traditionally, these cookies have only ...

Binding Corporate Rules (‘BCRs’) are the internal data protection policies of multinational companies (‘MNCs’) that do business both within and outside the EEA. This paper addresses the strengths and weaknesses of BCR ...

The Interent of Things (IoT ) devices and IoT market are growing globally, and there is no sign of slowing down. The number of connected devices globally is expected to rise from 23bn in 2018 to 75bn by 2025, and yet the ...

The legal and societal implications of non-transparency in online behavioral advertising.

Taking a look at the framework based on the Directive 95/46 (previous legal framework) and on the General Data Protection Regulation (current legal framework), the thesis compares the right of access and its limitations ...

Illegal hate speech constitutes a societal problem which requires regulation. The thesis addresses the question of how illegal hate speech online is regulated in the EU, and whether this is adequate to tackle the problem. ...

The commoditization of personal information has led to the creation of trade agreements that are no longer concerned with purely trade issues. The newly drafted Comprehensive Econom-ic and Trade Agreement (‘CETA’) characterizes ...

The recent entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes new data protection requirements on data controllers and processors with respect to the processing of the personal data of the EU/EEA ...

The blockchain technology has brought a new tool which can change the way we make legal contracts. This tool is called “smart contracts”. Smart contracts are self-executing contracts which decrease the human intervention ...

This thesis assesses the registrability of sports names as word and figurative trade marks in the European Union, largely with a focus on articles 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament ...

Impacts and issues that the Data Portability Right has on businesses

Emotion recognition technologies are expected to grow at a rate of almost 40% per annum, reaching an expected market size of 36.07 billion USD by 2021. However, there has been a paucity of academic discourse about the ...

The continual emergence of new technologies impacts every aspect of society including the way people work. Most of the modern-day labour is carried out in a digital environment allowing employers to exercise their supervisory ...

A legal analysis of the material effects of the GDPR on the Processing of personal data by data brokers for online marketing purposes. This thesis tackles the questions of how the GDPR's rules on extended applicability on ...

The currently pending Megaupload case highlights that in the United States jurisdiction there is the urgent need for additional third-party protections in cloud assets seizure . Using the case as a point of departure, this ...

Abstract I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. Psalm 89: 34 Contract law exists since the time immemorial. Our life is full of promises. In Ethiopia, there is a saying that ‘‘it is ...

In this thesis, I critically assess two related questions; the scope of EU data protection law pursuant to the new General Data Protection Regulation, and the one-stop-shop mechanism in the Regulation. The first part of ...

The data privacy field is currently in the moment of asking whether providing more control to the data subject can be a solution applicable in the real world for the protection of the right to privacy. The critics of a ...

This thesis considers the balancing of privacy with freedom of expression pursuant to the the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Satakunnan Markkinapörssi Oy and Satamedia Oy v. Finland.

The emergence of new forms of interactions in the online environment, as social media, search engine and e-commerce has shifted the business industry and introduced a data-driven economy, where data has become the new ...

A brief study on computer licenses in contracting and procurement.

Network neutrality is a widely debated policy issue that has the potential to alter the dynamics of accessing online content. The main focus of the debate revolves around analyzing whether broadband internet access market ...

Analysis of the data privacy policy in the Republic of Serbia, with focus on legal framework and attitude that citizens and institutions have towards this issue

The adoption of digital technologies and creation of global internet infrastructure for the vast array of companies and individuals offering products and services that leverage its connectivity has transformed our world ...

Health and wellbeing apps are proliferating at an exponential rate. It has created a billion dollar market that would make the industry seek every opportunity to take a competitive advantage. At times, this may be at the ...

Historically observed, development and application of new technologies has always been an area of skepticism versus optimism. Patenting in the field of biotechnologies mirrors that global pattern. Finding the right balance ...