Karin Sein is a Professor of Civil Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu, Estonia. She completed her LL.M. degree in 1999 at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and her dr iuris degree in 2007 at the University of Tartu. She has published extensively in the areas of domestic and European contract law, consumer law, data protection and digital law, her latest book being “Data Protection, Privacy and New Technologies” (Routledge 2024). She is member of the editorial boards of legal journals Juridica International, JIPITEC and European Review of Contract Law.

In 2017, during the Estonian EU Presidency, she was chairing the contract law working group of the Council, working on the Digital Content and Sale of Goods Directives. In 2018-2021, she led a scientific project funded by the Estonian Research Council concentrating on consumer contract law in the Digital Single Market. Together with dr. M. Ristikivi, she has published a book (in Estonian) on restoring the rule of law in Estonia after regaining independence in 1991. In addition to the academic publications, she has provided expertise for the Estonian Supreme Court and advised the Estonian Ministry of Justice on implementing European consumer protection directives into Estonian law. She is currently the PI of a 4-year project funded by the Estonian Research Council on consumer credit law in the Nordic-Baltic area.