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The Nordic Centre for Internet and Society

Published book by Samson Esayas

BI researcher Samson Y. Esayas publishes book on data privacy and competition law in the age of big data.

The Nordic Center for Internet and Society’s Samson Y. Esayas recently published his book “Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data: Unpacking the Interface Through Complexity Science” with Oxford University Press.

“This has been a long and, at times, incredibly frustrating journey but super happy and grateful to see the project come to a successful end,“ says Essays.

The monetization of personal data has become an increasingly common business practice, igniting global debate on the interface between data privacy law and competition law. “Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data: Unpacking the Interface Through Complexity Science” provides a comprehensive analysis of this convergence.

Book cover“This achievement holds special significance to me, particularly because of my background. Growing up in a small town in Tigray, Ethiopia, where even school textbooks were a luxury and most people struggled to make ends meet, I could never have imagined to be a published author myself, “ Esayas says.

Structure of the book:

The book comprises 8 themes divided into 3 parts:

Part 1: Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data

  • Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data


Part 2: Emergent Properties in Data Privacy Law and Competition Law

  • The Idea of Emergent Properties in Data Privacy Law
  • Digital Ecosystems, Emergent Harms, and the Need for a Holistic Approach in Competition Law

Part 3: Part III: Harnessing Complexity to Understand the Interface

  • The Interface Between Data Privacy and Competition Law: Insights from Complexity Science
  • Merger Control and Theories of Harm on Data Privacy as a Non-Price Parameter
  • Privacy Fixing and Other Forms of Anticompetitive Cooperation on Privacy
    Excessive Data Collection and Unfair Privacy Policies as Forms of Abuse of Dominance
  • Regulating a Complex Economy: Beyond the Atomistic and Either/or Approaches