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Part 2: Consumer Data: Introduction
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Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.
Kompetenzzentrum Verbraucherforschung NRW
Abstract The obvious issue of consumer data in the context of consumer policy is the mass of data that consumers voluntarily or involuntarily produce and diffuse. Thereby, consumers run the risk that their data is not only being used to their benefit, but also being abused. This is particularly the case with... view more
The obvious issue of consumer data in the context of consumer policy is the mass of data that consumers voluntarily or involuntarily produce and diffuse. Thereby, consumers run the risk that their data is not only being used to their benefit, but also being abused. This is particularly the case with personal and sensitive data that can clearly lead to serious harm for consumers, if this data falls into the wrong hands. Typically, in an open market economy there are commercial interests, seeking new, technical ways to access consumer data for the sake of profit maximisation. The contributions to this part show that this is an important field to be addressed by consumer policy.... view less
Keywords
consumer protection; consumer policy; consumer; consumption; data protection
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Collection Title
The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent? ; Proceedings of the International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016
Editor
Bala, Christian; Schuldzinski, Wolfgang
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
City
Düsseldorf
Page/Pages
p. 97-99
ISBN
978-3-86336-917-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed