As we see, historically, legislation has had a major impact in either encouraging or discouraging new payment systems. The negative impacts of EMD1 on the EU eMoney market (despite best intentions) resulted in a new piece of legislation, EMD2, to try and correct the issues it caused. With the ...

I think it is important to make a distinction between trader and consumer in order to establish a balance between consumer protection and ownership rights. The Sales of Good Act (SoGA) 1979 makes clear distinction [1], requiring that traders ensure 'satisfactory quality' and 'fitness for a ...

To start off, the pre-internet Shevill judgment, widely deemed to be fair [1], allows plaintiffs to commence action in the publisher's jurisdiction, where the totality of the damage suffered can be sought [2]. Plaintiffs can also take action in their own jurisdiction, however only damage in ...

I have a simple fan that could either be powered by a battery or through USB. To switch it on or off, I would need to press a button. I wanted to convert the fan to be purely powered by USB and automatically switches on when power is supplied through USB. This will allow me to add the fan to my ...

Kwet first speaks about economic domination, where US Big Tech companies like Uber are dominating the market in the Global South [1]. He laments that usage of these products will "create technological dependencies" leading to "perpetual resource extraction" [2]. It is indeed true that the ...

The case involved the death of an 11 year old girl due to starvation. The government had put in place a new Aadhaar digital identity system and the people had to biometrically verify their identity and register through a "seeding process" to be eligible to claim benefits such as subsidized ...

The "false trade-off" in Solove's words is also known as a false dichotomy. The public is misled into choosing one of two unappealing options when there could be other viable alternatives. Solove believes that the optimal solution may be to grant the government the ability to conduct ...

Zuboff believes that Big Tech has the capability to process large volumes of consumer behavioural data and use that to influence consumer behaviour [1]. According to Zuboff, this data is able to reveal what "a particular individual in a particular time and place was thinking, feeling, and ...