Privacy

The quantified consumer: blind, non-informed and manipulated?

Stefan Larsson, Lund University
PUBLISHED ON: 02 Jul 2017

The importance of personal data for the digital economy accentuates a problematic information asymmetry between consumers and the data-driven market players. An increased consumer protection would have to deal with the lack of transparency of this black-box setup and a flawed use of consent as regulatory model. The consumer protection needs to be

Internet of things

The emergence of the Internet of Anonymous Things (AnIoT)

Eduardo Magrani, FGV Law School; Ibmec; PUC-Rio
PUBLISHED ON: 29 Jun 2017

The rapid development of the Internet of Things - or IoT - affects the protection of privacy in profound ways. Eduardo Magrani argues in favour of a shift from privacy protection to the idea a “right to non-tracking”.

Data retention

Data retention: flogging a dead horse

Volker Tripp, Digitale Gesellschaft (NGO)
PUBLISHED ON: 02 Mar 2017

The German Federal Government is holding on to the German national law on data retention passed in 2015. In this op-ed, Volker Tripp of Digitale Gesellschaft argues that this attitude is untenable.

Data collection

Speculative data selfies

Fernando van der Vlist, University of Siegen
Anne Helmond, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 01 Mar 2017

Fernando N. van der Vlist and Anne Helmond discuss Data Selfie, an open source browser extension that collects and analyses data about your behaviour on facebook.com

Data protection

India: New laws needed to protect citizens from invasive profiling

Geethanjali Jujjavarapu, NALSAR University of Law
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Feb 2017

There is an increase in the Orwellian nature of schemes and programmes being launched in India, in spite of the absence of concrete privacy and data protection laws. While a major step towards mass surveillance was taken a few years ago in the form of “Aadhaar”, the central and state governments have subsequently adopted schemes which involve

Social media

Is the internet helping democracy or autocracy in Turkey?

Osman Coşkunoğlu, Turkish Parliament (formerly a member of)
PUBLISHED ON: 07 Feb 2017

After the global euphoria about the internet's potentials for empowering individuals and supporting democracy, more realistic arguments have been put forward against this optimism. 1 Indeed, we have been observing an ongoing fight between the autocratic government in Turkey and the Turkish people over using the internet for the last 10 years. It

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