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.#Consumers can report #online rip-offs to the Competition & Markets Authority via the following digital tool for #consumerprotection : ripoff-tipoff.campaign.gov.uk

“The use of AI is pervasive in business to consumer relationships” Professor Christine Riefa Cyberchristine from University of Reading discusses the key risks for consumers. #CTSIConference2024

The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection are a valuable set of principles on consumer law & policy. Their implementation is monitored by UN Trade and Development’s intergovernmental group of experts. UN Trade and Development is the lead United Nations organization on consumer protection issues: ow.ly/2F6a50SsVxs

Board Member Prof. Christine Riefa, University of Reading, Coordinator of UNCTAD informal working group on consumer protection in e-commerce presents the group's draft technical notes on Artificial Intelligence and on use of research to protect children as vulnerable consumers.

the programme for our European Conference is now live on the conference website... iacl2024euro.org Check it out! Joasia Luzak Jodi Gardner

The #DMA is a crucial law to give consumers more choice in digital markets. Yet we have found many examples of possible non-compliance by Big Tech, inc. Apple & Meta 😒 We outline these in our new paper & call on the European Commission to investigate. ⬇️ beuc.eu/position-paper…

The final programme of the Cambridge conference (17/18 Sept) is now online. You are in for a treat! check it out! And there is still time to register... (but only a few places left!) iacl2024euro.org See you all in Cambridge.

Look where will be in a week... Girton College Cambridge - Join us for a fantastic programme organised by the International Association of Consumer Law with a part of the programme in honour of Prof. Iain Ramsay - see you there Joasia Luzak Cyberchristine EuCML - Journal of European Consumer & Market Law Vanessa Mak full info: iacl2024euro.org

Busy week. Monday I was honoured to present to the Department of Business & Trade, Consumer & Competition Policy staff on fairness by design and Consumer Theories of Harm. Thursday I am speaking to Chief Trading Standards Officers about AI in consumer enforcement. Reading Law School

Delighted to announce the publication of the first of, I hope many, technical notes from the UNCTAD Competition and Consumer Policies informal working group on consumer protection in e-commerce that I coordinate. Contribution by Sweden on vulnerable consumers and children. unctad.org/Topic/Competit…

Professor Christine Riefa's (Cyberchristine) research on enforcement technology (Enf Tech) was featured in the OECD Issues Note on "Protecting and empowering consumers in the digital transition" published for a OECD Ministerial meeting. Find out more: cdn-assets.inwink.com/bbf51d8a-98be-…

Enftech report (co-written with Liz Coll) cited by the OECD enftech.org/blog/oecd-enft…

My chapter (with Liz Coll) in The Cambridge Handbook of AI and Consumer Law expertly edited by by Larry DiMatteo Cristina Poncibo and Geraint Howells is published - Use of AI Enforcement Technology (EnfTech) (Chapter 14) - bit.ly/4ebKSZi

Last week, Professor Chris Hilson organised a workshop on ‘Interventions to deliver a transformed food system’, where he presented a draft report co-authored with Dr Kyriaki Noussia and Professor Christine Riefa (Cyberchristine), with UK Research and Innovation funding.

Don't forget the call for papers for our conference in Argentina. Call closes on 31st Jan 2025. iacl.net.au/call-for-paper…

On Monday, Prof. Christine Riefa (Cyberchristine) will present to the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on the safety of products sold online, from all over the world and in millions of small packages? More: europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/…

We have two PhD studentships available, one in law and one in criminology. Home fees covered, and a stipend. (Int'l applicants would need to cover the fees difference.) Apply by March 17, and submit a CV and a proposal by March 31. Links below, and details there. Please share!

A report by Professor Chris Hilson, Professor Christine Riefa, and Dr Kyriaki Noussia: centaur.reading.ac.uk/121707/1/B3352….

IMCO Hearing on product safety and online platforms is now online. My evidence is from 15:39 minutes in! But all presentations were of great value and well worth a listen. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…