Title: The illusion of personal data as no one's property
Abstract:This paper argues that it is an illusion to suppose that data protection regimes, in Europe and elsewhere, need not deal with the issue of property rights in personal data. Building on the work of Joh...This paper argues that it is an illusion to suppose that data protection regimes, in Europe and elsewhere, need not deal with the issue of property rights in personal data. Building on the work of John Umbeck, it is clear that, if property rights are not assigned by a legislative action, personal data will be appropriated in proportion to the de facto power of the data market participants to exclude others. It follows that, so long as personal data bears high economic value, the real question is not whether there should be property rights in personal data but whose rights they should be.Read More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-02
Language: en
Type: article
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