Online Price Discrimination and Data Protection Law external link

Abstract

Online shops can offer each website customer a different price – a practice called first degree price discrimination, or personalised pricing. An online shop can recognise a customer, for instance through a cookie, and categorise the customer as a rich or a poor person. The shop could, for instance, charge rich people higher prices. From an economic perspective, there are good arguments in favour of price discrimination. But many regard price discrimination as unfair or manipulative. This paper examines whether European data protection law applies to personalised pricing. Data protection law applies if personal data are processed. This paper argues that personalised pricing generally entails the processing of personal data. Therefore, data protection law generally applies to personalised pricing. That conclusion has several implications. For instance, data protection law requires a company to inform people about the purpose of processing their personal data. A company must inform customers if it personalises prices.

Consumer law, cookies, Data protection law, discrimination, Grondrechten, Personal data, personalised prices, Price discrimination, Privacy, tracking

Bibtex

Article{nokey, title = {Online Price Discrimination and Data Protection Law}, author = {Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.}, url = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2652665}, year = {0901}, date = {2015-09-01}, abstract = {Online shops can offer each website customer a different price – a practice called first degree price discrimination, or personalised pricing. An online shop can recognise a customer, for instance through a cookie, and categorise the customer as a rich or a poor person. The shop could, for instance, charge rich people higher prices. From an economic perspective, there are good arguments in favour of price discrimination. But many regard price discrimination as unfair or manipulative. This paper examines whether European data protection law applies to personalised pricing. Data protection law applies if personal data are processed. This paper argues that personalised pricing generally entails the processing of personal data. Therefore, data protection law generally applies to personalised pricing. That conclusion has several implications. For instance, data protection law requires a company to inform people about the purpose of processing their personal data. A company must inform customers if it personalises prices.}, keywords = {Consumer law, cookies, Data protection law, discrimination, Grondrechten, Personal data, personalised prices, Price discrimination, Privacy, tracking}, }

Regulating the new information intermediaries as gatekeepers of information diversity external link

Kleinen-von Königslöw, K., van der Noll, R. & Helberger, N.
Info, num: 6, pp: 50-71., 2015

Control technology, Information society, Internet, Mediarecht, Policy, Regulation, User studies

Bibtex

Article{nokey, title = {Regulating the new information intermediaries as gatekeepers of information diversity}, author = {Kleinen-von Königslöw, K. and van der Noll, R. and Helberger, N.}, url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/1618.pdf}, year = {0901}, date = {2015-09-01}, journal = {Info}, number = {6}, keywords = {Control technology, Information society, Internet, Mediarecht, Policy, Regulation, User studies}, }

Sketching the outline of a ghost: the fair balance between copyright and fundamental rights in intermediary third party liability external link

Info, num: 6, pp: 72-96., 2015

Auteursrecht, Copyright, Electronic commerce, European law, Information media, Intellectuele eigendom, Internet

Bibtex

Article{nokey, title = {Sketching the outline of a ghost: the fair balance between copyright and fundamental rights in intermediary third party liability}, author = {Angelopoulos, C.}, url = {http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/info-05-2015-0028}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-09-01}, journal = {Info}, number = {6}, keywords = {Auteursrecht, Copyright, Electronic commerce, European law, Information media, Intellectuele eigendom, Internet}, }

Guest editorial: New intermediaries in the hyperconnected society external link

Morganti, L., Renda, A. & Irion, K.
Info, num: 6, pp: 3-7., 2015

Telecommunicatierecht, Telecommunications law

Bibtex

Article{nokey, title = {Guest editorial: New intermediaries in the hyperconnected society}, author = {Morganti, L. and Renda, A. and Irion, K.}, url = {http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/info-07-2015-0038}, year = {0901}, date = {2015-09-01}, journal = {Info}, number = {6}, keywords = {Telecommunicatierecht, Telecommunications law}, }

UK Horserace Betting Right: at odds with EU law? external link

Margoni, T. & van Rompuy, B.
European Intellectual Property Review, num: 8, pp: 479-483., 2015

Abstract

About ten years after a previous initiative to replace the Horserace Betting Levy was abandoned following a judgment from the Court of Justice (CJ),1 the UK government announced that it will introduce a Horserace Betting Right and repeal the Levy that to date has cross-subsidised horseracing. In this comment, the authors warn that the implementation of a Betting Right could be problematic from an EU law perspective. The UK government, and any other interested EU legislator, should reconsider the opportunity of a specifically devised betting right.

Europees recht

Bibtex

Other{nokey, title = {UK Horserace Betting Right: at odds with EU law?}, author = {Margoni, T. and van Rompuy, B.}, url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/1615.pdf}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-09-01}, journal = {European Intellectual Property Review}, number = {8}, abstract = {About ten years after a previous initiative to replace the Horserace Betting Levy was abandoned following a judgment from the Court of Justice (CJ),1 the UK government announced that it will introduce a Horserace Betting Right and repeal the Levy that to date has cross-subsidised horseracing. In this comment, the authors warn that the implementation of a Betting Right could be problematic from an EU law perspective. The UK government, and any other interested EU legislator, should reconsider the opportunity of a specifically devised betting right.}, keywords = {Europees recht}, }

Your Digital Home Is No Longer Your Castle: How cloud computing transforms the (legal) relationship between individuals and their personal records external link

2015

Bescherming van communicatie, Grondrechten, Protection of communication

Bibtex

Presentation{nokey, title = {Your Digital Home Is No Longer Your Castle: How cloud computing transforms the (legal) relationship between individuals and their personal records}, author = {}, url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/1614.pdf}, year = {0901}, date = {2015-09-01}, keywords = {Bescherming van communicatie, Grondrechten, Protection of communication}, }