Search for dissertations about: "consumer protection"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words consumer protection.

2. 1. Paying with Data : A Study on EU Consumer Law and the Protection of Personal Data

   Author : Andreas Kotsios; Maria Bergström; Vladimir Bastidas Venegas; Torbjörn Ingvarsson; Geraint Howells; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumer law; data protection law; EU law; EU private law; payments; payments with data; consumer protection; data protection; Europarätt; European Integration Law;

   Abstract : “If you are not paying for the product you are the product”. In a paraphrasis: if you do not pay for the product with money, you probably pay for it with your personal data. READ MORE

4. 2. Chemicals in consumer products : Bridging the gap between academic research and chemicals regulation

   Author : Linda Molander; Christina Rudén; Magnus Breitholtz; Laura N. Vandenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; consumer products; articles; chemicals; chemicals regulation; REACH; risk management; health risk assessment; non-standard toxicity studies; study evaluation; reporting guidance; endocrine disrupting compounds; bisphenol A; low dose effects; Applied Environmental Science; tillämpad miljövetenskap;

   Abstract : Exposure to chemicals emitting from consumer products, such as clothes, electronic devices, toys and kitchen-ware, has emerged as an issue of public health and environmental concern. The use of chemicals having endocrine disrupting properties in commercial products is receiving particular attention as low dose exposures of such chemicals have been associated with adverse effects in both human and wildlife populations. READ MORE

5. 3. Copyright in the Age of Access to Legal Digital Content : A study of EU copyright law in the context of consumptive use of protected content

   Author : Kacper F. Szkalej; Sanna Wolk; Maria Bergström; Johan Axhamn; Marcus Norrgård; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; copyright; intellectual property; EU law; law and technology; DRM; consumer protection law; Civil Law; Civilrätt; Europarätt; European Integration Law;

   Abstract : In a world where copyright is being infringed in a plethora of ways, consumers find it difficult to access legal digital content. Therefore, this thesis investigates how copyright law governs access to legal content in the digital environment in respect of so-called consumptive use. READ MORE

6. 4. European Legal Perspectives on Health-Related Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

   Author : Santa Slokenberga; Elisabeth Rynning; Jane Reichel; Tamara Hervey; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; direct-to-consumer genetic testing; legal pluralism; state sovereignty; coexistence; privacy; consent; technical performance; utility; Medicinsk rätt; Medical Law;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines how the coexistence of the Council of Europe and the EUinfluences rules on direct-to-consumer genetic testing, as well as how these influencesreflect on individual states that are simultaneously bound to both of the legal orders ofinterest.Through the lens of legal pluralism and state sovereignty this research examines thecompetence and authority of the Council of Europe and the EU to handle the market aspects(technical performance and utility) as well as privacy (consent to a medical serviceand data protection requirements), and examines the obligations these two legal ordersplace on the Member States of the EU. READ MORE

7. 5. Exploring phenomena that affect the fate and impact of radioactive materials in the blue mussel

   Author : Benedict Jaeschke; Clare Bradshaw; Andrew Turner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Radioecology; ionising radiation; environmental protection; Mytilus edulis; bioaccumulation; dose-response; ecotoxicology; tritium; particle; hypoxia; marin ekotoxikologi; Marine Ecotoxicology;

   Abstract : Current protection of the marine environment from radiation is based largely on measuring, estimating and modelling accumulation and impact(s) of radionuclides in a few marine species. Using a relevant marine organism, this thesis focusses on investigating some poorly described phenomena that could cause deviations from predicted measurements. READ MORE