Consumer Protection, Automated Shopping Platforms and Eu Law - Consumer Risks and the Eu Legal Response

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Information-related risks: bad purchase decisions and frustration of consumer expectations
3. Unreliable transactions and traditional fraud risks
4. Risks relating to data protection (and privacy) on automated marketplaces
5. Risks to data integrity, data authentication and non-repudiation (transactional security)
6. Automated-contract validity and contractual liability in cases of mistaken contracts
7. Defective or damage-causing platform services and damage recoverability
8. Conclusion

About the author

Christiana N. Markou is an Assistant Professor of the School of Law, European University Cyprus and a practicing lawyer, founding partner of N.Markou & Co LLC, a Cyprus-based law firm.

Summary

This book looks at two technological advancements in the area of e-commerce, which dramatically seem to change the way consumers shop online.

Product details

• Authors: Christiana Markou, Christiana N. Markou, Markou Christiana
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781472424273
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-2427-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Markets and the Law; Markets and the Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Labour law, social law; Economics, LAW / General, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / Legal Services, E-commerce: business aspects, comparative law, EU (European Union), Company law, Law and society, sociology of law, Production and quality control management, Consumer Protection Law, Social law and Medical law, E-commerce law