HOW THE EUROPEAN UNION SEEKS TO PROTECT CONSUMER CITIZENS IN TIMES OF BIG DATA

Big Data technologies produced a huge disruption, not just about business models related to consumers relationships, but also concerning legal protection of consumers and data protection of citizens in general. Both at the European Union and at its Member States, this disruption regarding previous b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Masseno, Manuel David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Revista Eletrônica do Curso de Direito da UFSM
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/41708
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistadireito/article/view/41708
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Big Data
Consumers
Contract
Data Protection
Portugal
European Union.
Big Data (Macrodatos)
Consumidores
Contratos
Protección de Datos
Unión Europea.
Big Data (Megadados)
Proteção de Dados
União Europeia
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Sumario:Big Data technologies produced a huge disruption, not just about business models related to consumers relationships, but also concerning legal protection of consumers and data protection of citizens in general. Both at the European Union and at its Member States, this disruption regarding previous balances of interests and rights led to a need of rethinking the regulations and statutes of Consumer Law as well as to an enhanced relevance of Data Protection Law, namely with the new centre of its microsystem, the General Data Protection Regulation. This new reality is analysed from the perspective of the Laws enforced in Portugal.