ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chantal Mak

Chantal Mak is a professor of private law, in particular fundamental rights and private law, at the Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (ACT) of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Image credit Joost Mak)

POSTS BY Chantal Mak

24 May 2023

Chantal Mak

Data After Life

Contract law in Europe currently has little grasp on the balancing of interests of social media users, their heirs, platforms, and society at large, which means that platforms play a key role in determining how digital legacies are handled. A human rights perspective can offer starting points for reforms that do more justice to the protection of digital identities of social media users. Continue reading >>