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Consumer on the Net – Challenges and Threats

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary consumers’ activity more and more often is moving to the virtual space. New information and communication technologies make the contemporary man’s life easier, they guarantee a quick access to information and create earlier unknown possibilities for interactions with other people. However, the technological development and progress as regards ways of communicating has also its darker side. In his article, the author characterised the selected threats for consumers connected with expansion of new technologies, particularly Internet (the threat of electronic invigilation, Internet users profiling, possibilities of an instrumental use of huge sets of information on consumers, the so-called Big Data). Internet users’ awareness of the threats occurring on the net leaves much to be desired; therefore, there is the urgent need to undertake educational activities in this field.

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