Towards a better protection of social media users: A legal perspective on the terms of use of social networking sites

International Journal of Law and Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-294

  Wauters, Ellen ^a   Lievens, Eva ^a   Valcke, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer protection law; Contract law; Social network sites; Standard contracts; Terms of use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906847571     PISSN: 09670769     EISSN: 14643693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlit/eau002     Document Type: Article

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