Problems of implementation and protection of the rights of participants in economic relations in the conditions of the digital divide

Occupation: senior researcher Business Law and Corporate Law Department
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation,

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 2

Pages

188-193

Abstract

The article considers the use of digital technologies in most areas of business activity in the light of the global characteristics of post-industrial society - the technologization of most areas of human life. The author explores one of the most pressing issues of the digital era – the growing digital divide (from the English digital divide), or digital inequality in terms of access to information technologies and their use in economic, including procedures for protecting the rights and legitimate interests of subjects of the digital economy. There is a destructive sign of the modern digital divide - the lack of digital literacy, knowledge or problem-solving skills to perform tasks in a digital environment. It is concluded that research in the field of law should not ignore the consequences of digital inequality: the disadvantage of small and medium-sized businesses in legal relations with large technology suppliers, the inability to assess contractual conditions due to overloading with technological terminology, damage due to inadequate assessment of security risk, neglect of cyber hygiene requirements, and others. Overcoming the digital inequality of the parties when using online mechanisms for the protection of rights and legitimate interests excludes a purely technocratic approach and complies with the rules of fair trial.

Keywords

digitalization, digital divide, digital data, data management, contractual legal relations, cyber hygiene, online dispute resolution, digital platforms, justice, fair trial

Received

30.08.2022

Publication date

15.03.2023

Number of characters

21485

Cite

GOST	Solovyanenko N. Problems of implementation and protection of the rights of participants in economic relations in the conditions of the digital divide // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2023. – Issue 2 C. 188-193 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520024344-9-1 (circulation date: 03.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520024344-9
MLA	Solovyanenko, Nina I "Problems of implementation and protection of the rights of participants in economic relations in the conditions of the digital divide." Gosudarstvo i pravo 2 (2023):188-193. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520024344-9
APA	Solovyanenko N. (2023). Problems of implementation and protection of the rights of participants in economic relations in the conditions of the digital divide. Gosudarstvo i pravo (2), pp.188-193 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520024344-9

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