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Invitation to the Online Consumer Research Forum 'Nudging in consumer policy' on June 08, 2021
On June 08, 2021, the Consumer, Market and Policy Research Centre (CCMP) of Zeppelin University in cooperation with the ConPolicy-Institute for Consumer Policy and the European University Institute (EUI) Florence will host the Online Consumer Research Forum 2021 of the Ministry of Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg (MLR).
The research forum will focus on the questions of what influence behavioral science has had on consumer policy in the last decade and to what extent behavioral insights should also be taken into account in consumer policy in the coming years.
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Cass R. Sunstein (Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard) will introduce the topic. This will be followed by panel discussions on legal and practical issues of the application of behavior-based instruments. In a closing discussion, we will also look ahead with experts from the EU and federal levels.
Make a note of the date now! A link for registration will be sent out in our next newsletter.
Handbook IT-Law
New ConPolicy-publication on the opportunities and challenges of smart homes for consumers
On March 23, 2021, the IT-Law Handbook was published, which deals with the topics of law, economics and technology in digital transformation.
ConPolicy-Project Manager Dr. Sara Elisa Kettner and Director Prof. Dr. Christian Thorun contributed to the publication with an article on the subject of “IoT for consumers within the smart home”. They analyzed opportunities and challenges of the smart home from a consumer perspective and derived recommendations for a consumer-friendly implementation of data protection and security in the smart home.
You can find more information about the publication here.
Presentation of the results of the research project 'ConProTec_ted – Rethinking consumer protection digitally'
ConPolicy participates in Lunch Talk of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
On March 18, 2021, the first event in the BMJV Lunch Talks series took place. In a one-hour digital format, research projects funded by the BMJV on the topic of 'consumer enabling technologies' are presented. After a welcome by the host, State Secretary Prof. Dr. Christian Kastrop, ConPolicy project manager Dr. Otmar Lell presented the results of the recently completed research project 'ConProTec_ted – Rethinking consumer protection digitally'.
In the second presentation, Dominik Pins from Fraunhofer for Applied Information Technology (FIT) presented a research project on data sovereignty and empowerment of consumers in data protection when dealing with voice assistants.
The following discussion revealed the potential of digital applications to protect and empower consumers using the concrete example of privacy information in voice assistants. At the same time, the challenge of developing attractive and user-oriented digital solutions for consumer protection and consumer empowerment became clear.
You can find more information about the project and the study results here.
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