Book contents
- A Commercial Law of Privacy and Security for the Internet of Things
- A Commercial Law of Privacy and Security for the Internet of Things
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Privacy and Security in the Connected Era
- Part II Commercial Law’s Impact on Privacy, Security, and Liability
- 4 Commercial Law’s Consent Problem
- 5 Products Liability in the Internet of Things Age
- 6 Digital Domination in Consumer Lending Transactions
- 7 Consumer Data in Corporate Transactions
- Part III Concrete Legal Solutions for a Commercial Law of Privacy and Security
- Index
4 - Commercial Law’s Consent Problem
from Part II - Commercial Law’s Impact on Privacy, Security, and Liability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
- A Commercial Law of Privacy and Security for the Internet of Things
- A Commercial Law of Privacy and Security for the Internet of Things
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Privacy and Security in the Connected Era
- Part II Commercial Law’s Impact on Privacy, Security, and Liability
- 4 Commercial Law’s Consent Problem
- 5 Products Liability in the Internet of Things Age
- 6 Digital Domination in Consumer Lending Transactions
- 7 Consumer Data in Corporate Transactions
- Part III Concrete Legal Solutions for a Commercial Law of Privacy and Security
- Index
Summary
Unlike privacy law discourse, which has primarily explored questions related to others’ knowledge, access, and use of information about us, commercial law’s central focus has been on issues related to trade involving persons, merchants, and entities. In the commercial law context, questions about knowledge and information are primarily connected to the exchange and disclosure of information needed to facilitate transactions between parties.1 This distinct historical focus has likely contributed to commercial law’s failure to adequately account for and address privacy, security, and digital domination harms. In some cases, commercial law also defers to corporate commercial practices as well.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021