News and Research articles on E-commerce

Volume 10, Issue 2

Once again platform liability: on the edge of the ‘Uber’ and ‘Airbnb’ cases

Nataliia Filatova-Bilous, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
PUBLISHED ON: 12 May 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.2.1559

The CJEU judgements in the ‘Uber’ and ‘Airbnb’ cases may help to determine whether platform operators bear liability towards platform customers and on what grounds.

KEYWORDS: Online platforms, Sharing economy, Platform operator, Business user, Customer, Platform liability, E-commerce
Volume 4, Issue 2

Data control and digital regulatory space(s): towards a new European approach

Roxana Radu, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Jean-Marie Chenou, University of Lausanne
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Jun 2015 DOI: 10.14763/2015.2.370

This article examines the stance of the European Union vis-à-vis internet services company Google in two controversial instances: the ‘right to be forgotten’ and the implementation of EU competition rules.

KEYWORDS: Intermediary liability, Regulatory shifts, Digital monopoly, Right to be forgotten, E-commerce, Data protection, Taxation, Antitrust, Privacy