I study a dynamic model of consumer privacy and platform data collection. In each period, consumers choose their level of platform activity. Greater activity generates more information about the consumer, thereby increasing platform profits. When the platform can commit to the future privacy...

In recent years, most mobile apps have started tracking consumers' location and movement patterns. This type of tracking can allow firms that access these data to better predict consumers' future behaviors and to send targeted communications. However, such tracking also raises privacy concerns...

The worldwide popularity of social media has resulted in accumulation of big data volumes by social platforms. Attempting to increase attractiveness of their services, social media deploy special marketing tools which comprise statistical data on users, their interests, customer behavior, etc....

We study the role of privacy-insensitive data on device attributes in identifying loan default, under the context of ongoing tension between privacy protection and credit efficiency. Using a unique applicant-level data from a leading Fintech credit institution in China and merging two basic...

Since 1994, when Congress codified the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or Commission) three-part test for unfair business practices, the FTC has been cautious in its use of charges of unfairness in consumer protection enforcement—instead relying primarily on charges of deception. This focus...

Privacy protection is among the key features to consider in the design of central bank digital currency(CBDC). Using a nationally representative sample of over 3,500 participants, we conduct a randomized online survey experiment with treatments to examine how the willingness to use CBDC as a...

The article deals with bank secrecy and the customer's right to financial privacy from a constitutional point of view. It contends that despite the great importance of the right to financial privacy, various interests may override it and justify a mandatory disclosure of information. The article...