All Outputs (23)

Design and Evaluation of a Tool to assist Small-Medium Organisations (SMOs) to implement Automated Decision-Making (ADM). (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baguley, K., Fischer, J., & Hyde, R. (2024, September). Design and Evaluation of a Tool to assist Small-Medium Organisations (SMOs) to implement Automated Decision-Making (ADM). Presented at Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Austin, Texas

We present a new prototype tool intended to enable SMOs without specialist expertise in the area to implement Automated Decision-Making (ADM) with confidence. We report on the design and (briefly) evaluation of the tool, demonstrating the potential u... Read More about Design and Evaluation of a Tool to assist Small-Medium Organisations (SMOs) to implement Automated Decision-Making (ADM)..

Making Sense of Stocks & Shares ISAs (2024)
Report
Hyde, R., & Reynolds, F. (2024). Making Sense of Stocks & Shares ISAs. The Investing and Saving Alliance

Legal and regulatory communications designed to help consumers aren’t doing their job. This isn’t new news. The FCA has challenged firms to improve their communications and design with the consumer in mind. The Consumer Duty is in motion. Nevertheles... Read More about Making Sense of Stocks & Shares ISAs.

“They’re not going to do all the tasks we do”: Understanding Trust and Reassurance towards a UV-C Disinfection Robot (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Trigo, M. J. G., Reyes-Cruz, G., Maior, H. A., Pepper, C., Price, D., Leonard, P., Tochia, C., Hyde, R., Watson, N., & Fischer, J. E. (2023, August). “They’re not going to do all the tasks we do”: Understanding Trust and Reassurance towards a UV-C Disinfection Robot. Presented at IEEE RO-MAN 2023, Busan, South Korea

Increasingly, robots are adopted for routine tasks such as cleaning and disinfection of public spaces, raising questions about attitudes and trust of professional cleaners who might in future have robots as teammates, and whether the general public f... Read More about “They’re not going to do all the tasks we do”: Understanding Trust and Reassurance towards a UV-C Disinfection Robot.

Exploring Consumer Detriment in Immersive Gaming Technologies (2023)
Journal Article
Hyde, R., & Cartwright, P. (2023). Exploring Consumer Detriment in Immersive Gaming Technologies. Journal of Consumer Policy, 46(3), 335-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-023-09544-9

Recent technological advances have led to immersive consumer experiences becoming increasingly common. However, there has been relatively little discussion of the consumer detriment that results from the exploitation of immersion. In this article, we... Read More about Exploring Consumer Detriment in Immersive Gaming Technologies.

Virtual coercion and the vulnerable consumer: ‘loot boxes’ as aggressive commercial practices (2022)
Journal Article
Cartwright, P., & Hyde, R. (2022). Virtual coercion and the vulnerable consumer: ‘loot boxes’ as aggressive commercial practices. Legal Studies, 42(4), 555-575. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2022.7

Loot boxes have recently become a game mechanism of concern to policy-makers and regulators. The similarity between loot boxes and gambling is clear, and loot boxes and their regulation are commonly viewed through the lens of gambling. By contrast, v... Read More about Virtual coercion and the vulnerable consumer: ‘loot boxes’ as aggressive commercial practices.

Workplace 4.0: Exploring the Implications of Technology Adoption in Digital Manufacturing on a Sustainable Workforce (2022)
Journal Article
Leesakul, N., Oostveen, A.-M., Eimontaite, I., Wilson, M. L., & Hyde, R. (2022). Workplace 4.0: Exploring the Implications of Technology Adoption in Digital Manufacturing on a Sustainable Workforce. Sustainability, 14(6), Article 3311. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063311

As part of the Industry 4.0 movement, the introduction of digital manufacturing technologies (DMTs) poses various concerns, particularly the impact of technology adoption on the workforce. In consideration of adoption challenges and implications, var... Read More about Workplace 4.0: Exploring the Implications of Technology Adoption in Digital Manufacturing on a Sustainable Workforce.

Response to the Law Commissions’ Consultation Paper Automated Vehicle – A regulatory framework for automated vehicles (2021)
Other
Chen, J., Ramchurn, S., McAuley, D., Burnett, G., Hyde, R., & Hawkey, D. Response to the Law Commissions’ Consultation Paper Automated Vehicle – A regulatory framework for automated vehicles

Response To The Competition And Markets Authority Call For Information: Algorithms, Competition and Consumer Harm (2021)
Other
McAuley, D., Norman, T., Cartwright, P., Hyde, R., Perez Vallejos, E., Gerding, E., Stein, S., Koene, A., Goulden, M., & Chen, J. Response To The Competition And Markets Authority Call For Information: Algorithms, Competition and Consumer Harm

Now Wash Your Hands: Understanding Food Legislation Compliance in a Virtual Reality Kitchen (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flintham, M., Hyde, R., Tennent, P., Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., & Moran, S. (2020, November). Now Wash Your Hands: Understanding Food Legislation Compliance in a Virtual Reality Kitchen. Presented at CHI PLAY '20: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, Virtual Event, Canada

The Corrupt Kitchen is a room-scale virtual-reality game in which players act as a chef servicing a queue of customers. Tasked with making burgers, players must prepare the food while ensuring it is safe to eat, engaging explicitly and implicitly wit... Read More about Now Wash Your Hands: Understanding Food Legislation Compliance in a Virtual Reality Kitchen.

Health and nutrition claims for infant formula are poorly substantiated and potentially harmful (2020)
Journal Article
Munblit, D., Crawley, H., Hyde, R., & Boyle, R. J. (2020). Health and nutrition claims for infant formula are poorly substantiated and potentially harmful. BMJ, 369, Article m875. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m875

Response to the Ada Lovelace Institute Call for Public Evidence: Vaccine Passports and COVID Status Apps (2020)
Other
McAuley, D., Hyde, R., & Chen, J. Response to the Ada Lovelace Institute Call for Public Evidence: Vaccine Passports and COVID Status Apps

Assessing plain and intelligible language in the Consumer Rights Act: a role for reading scores? (2019)
Journal Article
Conklin, K., Hyde, R., & Parente, F. (2019). Assessing plain and intelligible language in the Consumer Rights Act: a role for reading scores?. Legal Studies, 39(3), 378-397. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2018.25

Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 consumer contracts and consumer notices are required to be expressed in plain and intelligible language. This is a difficult concept to capture. Determining whether a contract is expressed in plain and intelligible... Read More about Assessing plain and intelligible language in the Consumer Rights Act: a role for reading scores?.

Charlesworth and Percy on Negligence (2018)
Book
Walton, C., Armitage, M., Cooper, R., Hyde, R., Kramer, P., & Todd, S. (Eds.). (2018). Charlesworth and Percy on Negligence. Sweet and Maxwell

Consumer behaviour and ICSS: exploring how consumers respond to Information, Connection and Signposting Services (2018)
Report
Conklin, K., Hyde, R., Parente, F., & Snowley, K. (2018). Consumer behaviour and ICSS: exploring how consumers respond to Information, Connection and Signposting Services

This research examines consumer behaviour when presented with search results and websites containing Information, Connection and Signposting Services ('ICSS') and provides policy recommendations aimed at ensuring that consumers are able to identify I... Read More about Consumer behaviour and ICSS: exploring how consumers respond to Information, Connection and Signposting Services.

Modernising consumer markets: a response to the consumer green paper (2018)
Book
Cartwright, P., Dunleavy, S., & Hyde, R. (2018). Modernising consumer markets: a response to the consumer green paper. Centre for Commercial Law, University of Notttingham

A response to the BEIS Green Paper Modernising Consumer Markets by Peter Cartwright, Sam Dunleavy and Richard Hyde who are Consumer Law and Policy specialists at the Centre for Commercial Law in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham.

Coming together to combat food fraud: Regulatory networks in the EU (2018)
Book Chapter
Hyde, R., & Savage, A. (2018). Coming together to combat food fraud: Regulatory networks in the EU. In A handbook of food crime: Immoral and illegal practices in the food industry and what to do about them. Policy Press

European Novel Foods Policy at a critical juncture: drawing lessons for future Novel Food Governance through a retrospective examination of Regulation 258/97 (2017)
Journal Article
Hyde, R., Hartley, S., & Millar, K. (2017). European Novel Foods Policy at a critical juncture: drawing lessons for future Novel Food Governance through a retrospective examination of Regulation 258/97. Food and Drug Law Journal, 72(3),

This paper presents a timely analysis of the European Union (EU) Novel Foods Regulation EC 258/97, identifying trends in the policy process and the applications that have been made under the regulation. The ways that the Novel Foods Regulation has fu... Read More about European Novel Foods Policy at a critical juncture: drawing lessons for future Novel Food Governance through a retrospective examination of Regulation 258/97.

The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD (2016)
Journal Article
Hyde, R. (2016). The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD. European Journal of Current Legal Issues, 22(1),

Police failures may contribute to a failure to prevent injury, or worse. The question of whether the police should be liable for such investigatory failures has exercised the higher courts frequently since the seminal case of Hill. The Supreme Court... Read More about The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD.

Whistleblowing without borders: the risks and rewards of transnational whistleblowing networks (2015)
Book Chapter
Hyde, R., & Savage, A. (2015). Whistleblowing without borders: the risks and rewards of transnational whistleblowing networks. In D. Lewis, & W. Vandekerckhove (Eds.), Developments in whistleblowing research 2015. International Whistleblowing Research Network

Cross-border disclosures by whistleblowers are of increasing importance. The regulatory regime is unclear, both with regard to employment protection and with regard to ensuring that the information reaches those able to best respond to the disclosure... Read More about Whistleblowing without borders: the risks and rewards of transnational whistleblowing networks.

The response to whistleblowing by regulators: a practical perspective (2015)
Journal Article
Savage, A., & Hyde, R. (2015). The response to whistleblowing by regulators: a practical perspective. Legal Studies, 35(3), 408-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12066

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 provides protection for whistleblowers; it does not place statutory obligations on regulators to act in response to whistleblowing concerns. Using Freedom of Information requests as a research methodology, this... Read More about The response to whistleblowing by regulators: a practical perspective.