The crisis of consent: How stronger legal protection may lead to weaker consent in data protection

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-182

  Schermer, Bart W ^a   Custers, Bart ^a   van der Hof, Simone ^a  

^a eLaw at Leiden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consent; Data protection; Privacy

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; DATA PROCESSING;

CONSENT; DATA PROTECTION; LEGAL FRAMEWORKS; LEGAL PROTECTION; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; PRIVACY PROTECTION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 84901643142     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-014-9343-8     Document Type: Article

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