We study the origins of Germans’ stringent attitude towards privacy. Our main hypothesis is that the culture of Holocaust remembrance (Erinnerungskultur) focuses Germans’ attention on the risks associated with private data ending up in the wrong hands. One example of this culture of...

The world has gone digital and instant messaging is the order of the day. Traditional modes of communication via letters and posts have been rendered redundant by the introduction of electronic messaging. Meddlesome interlopers no longer need to have access to a message's physical copy to access...

Many platforms deploy data collected from users for a multitude of purposes. While some are beneficial to users, others are costly to their privacy. The presence of these privacy costs means that platforms may need to provide guarantees about how and to what extent user data will be harvested...

How should the law treat digital remains, namely, digital personal information of deceased people? Two rival conceptions compete over the best framing: property and privacy. Under property framing, digital remains are just another form of assets, subject to succession law; under privacy framing,...

Through this paper I have tried to demonstrate a legal validity for blockchain technology under the GDPR as well as the CCPA. The value in blockchain technology is undeniable. It promotes transactional efficiency, and contributes towards transparency, neutrality and security in the digital...