Remedies to Digital Vulnerability in European Private Law: Concluding Considerations of a Conference
摘要
Based on the concluding remarks at the conference in Trieste, from which this volume emerged, this chapter deals with key concepts related to the conference topic and discusses the results of the conference with regard to five core areas of legislation and research on Digital Vulnerability: consumer protection, personal data protection, non-discrimination, intermediary services, and AI-related issues. It analyses a number of findings and their possible impact on the future development of EU protection instruments in these fields. In addition, it examines the overarching regulatory approaches that form the framework for the necessary adjustments to the protection instruments in line with technological and economic changes. This concerns in particular a stronger focus on structural and preventive protection mechanisms and the strengthening of cross-sectoral remedies for Digital Vulnerability, in addition to specific regulations for particularly vulnerable groups of people. In this context, it points out that provisions of the Consumer Acquis in particular can serve as a model for general provisions of European Private Law with regard to Digital Vulnerability. Finally, it emphasises the connection between the necessary further development of remedies and the transformation of the structures of European Private Law in the digital age.