Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data

Drawing insights from emergent properties and complexity science, Samson Y. Esayas examines the interplay between data privacy law and competition law to address challenges resulting from the commercialization of data.

Auteur

Dr Samson Y. Esayas is an Associate Professor at BI Norwegian Business School and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He teaches on topics of data protection law, AI regulation, and competition law. His research explores the power dynamics stemming from control over data and mediated communications, with a focus on how these evolving power paradigms are addressed by competition and data privacy law. Dr Esayas has published in several renowned journals covering these issues and his work has received international recognition, including the FPF Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award. He earned his PhD from the University of Oslo in 2020 and his dissertation was awarded His Majesty the King's Gold Medal for outstanding research by the Norwegian monarchy. He was a visiting researcher at Berkman Klein Center in 2023.