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Carolina Lisboa Pinto

Carolina Lisboa Pinto

PhD candidate

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Carolina is currently engaged in her PhD studies in the Civil Law department at Leiden University, as a part of  the Vici-funded 'Consumer ID' project. She holds a bachelor's degree in Law from Universidade Católica do Porto, which provided her with a comprehensive understanding of legal principles, concepts, and frameworks of both Portuguese public and private law, and generally, of International and European Union Law. Furthermore, she successfully completed an LLM degree in European Private Law at the University of Amsterdam. It was during her LLM studies that she developed a keen interest for the intricacies of this field and developed a profound interest in academic research. 

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The Digital Consumer: Profiling, Asymmetry, and the Quest for Fitting Consumer Safeguards

The Digital Consumer: Profiling, Asymmetry, and the Quest for Fitting Consumer Safeguards

Online marketplaces offer convenience and ease but also influence consumer purchasing decisions through 'persuasion profiles' built on data and automation, potentially rendering them vulnerable. European consumer laws, aimed at protecting specific vulnerable groups, may be inadequate to address the broader power imbalance between such powerful digital platforms and consumers.

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