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The Effect of Privacy Regulation on the Data Industry: Empirical Evidence from GDPR, RAND Journal of Economics
Abstract
Utilizing a novel dataset from an online travel intermediary, we study the effects of EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The opt-in requirement of GDPR resulted in 12.5% drop in the intermediary-observed consumers, but the remaining consumers are track- able for a longer period of time. Our findings imply that privacy conscious consumers exert privacy externalities on opt-in consumers, making them more predictable. Consistent with this finding, the average value of the remaining consumers to advertisers has increased, offsetting some of the losses from consumer opt-outs.
Type
Article
Author(s)
Guy Aridor, Yeon-Koo Che, Tobias Salz
Date Published
2023
Citations
Aridor, Guy, Yeon-Koo Che, and Tobias Salz. 2023. The Effect of Privacy Regulation on the Data Industry: Empirical Evidence from GDPR. RAND Journal of Economics. Volume 54(Issue 4): 695-730.
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