Alan M. Sears

Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University

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A Comparison of Data Protection Legislation and Policies Across the EU

Custers, B., Dechesne, F., Sears, A., Tani, T., Van der Hof, S. (2017) A comparison of data protection legislation and policies across the EU, Computer Law & Security Review, DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2017.09.001
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2019
Bart Custers, Francien Dechesne, Alan M. Sears, Tommaso Tani and Simone van der Hof
Leiden University - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University - Centre for Law and Digital Technologies, Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University, Leiden University - Centre for Law and Digital Technologies and Leiden University - Leiden Law School
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privacy, data protection, comparative law, personal data, data protection authorities

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Targeted Advertising and Consumer Protection Law in the EU

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2023
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Jul 2023
Lex Zard and Alan M. Sears
Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University and Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University
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targeted advertising, behavioral advertising, personalized advertising, online platforms, real-time bidding, cookies, online tracking, third-party tracking, artificial intelligence, profiling, autonomy, privacy, consumer protection law, data protection law, digital services act, digital markets act

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Positive Net Neutrality: Zero-Rating and the Material Reduction of Consumer Choice

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 May 2019
M.R. Leiser, J.P. Kalis, Alan M. Sears, Danielle Noonan, Lea Ossmann-Magiera and Dalin Mo
Vrije Universiteit - Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute, alti.amsterdam, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University, Leiden University - Leiden Law School, Leiden University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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net neutrality, zero-rating, choice, consumers, competition, positive net neutrality

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The Role of Consent in an Algorithmic Society – Its Evolution, Scope, Failings and Re-conceptualization

n. In: Kostas, E., Leenes, R., & Kamara, I (2022) Research Handbook on EU data protection. Edward Elgar Publishing, 455–473, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371682.00027
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Jan 2023
Bart Custers, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Simone van der Hof, Bart Willem Schermer, Alan M. Sears and Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux
Leiden University - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University, Leiden University - Leiden Law School, Leiden Law School, Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University and University of Lausanne
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consent, GDPR, data protection law, WP29, informed consent, unambiguous consent, explicit consent

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The Limits of Online Price Discrimination in Europe

Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2020
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Alan M. Sears
Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University
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Price Discrimination, Price Differentiation, Personalized Pricing, Algorithmic Pricing, Algorithmic Decision-Making, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Profiling, Fairness, Competition Law, Consumer Protection Law, Data Protection Law

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Algorithmic Speech and Freedom of Expression

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 53, No. 4, 2020
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Alan M. Sears
Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University
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Algorithmic Speech, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Intermediary Liability, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Law

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Understanding the Legal Bases for Automated Decision-Making Under the GDPR

In: Kostas, E., Leenes, R. & Kamara, I (2022) Research Handbook on EU data protection. Edward Elgar Publishing, 435–454, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371682.00026
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Jan 2023
Maja Niševič, Alan M. Sears, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Bart Custers
University of Verona, Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University, Leiden University and Leiden University - Center for Law and Digital Technologies
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automated decision-making, ADM, article 22 GDPR, GDPR

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Implementing a Model Access to Information Law in Africa: Lessons from the Americas

Model Law on Access to Information for Africa and Other Regional Instruments: Soft Law and Human Rights in Africa (Pretoria University Law Press 2018)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 02 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2020
Marianna Belalba Barreto and Alan M. Sears
Independent and Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University
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access to information, freedom of expression, human rights, Latin America, Africa

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Protecting Freedom of Expression over the Internet: An International Approach

Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2020
Alan M. Sears
Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden Law School, Leiden University
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human rights, fundamental rights, freedom of expression, Internet, internet governance, ICCPR, CDHRI, UPR, trade agreements