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Data subjects as data controllers: a Fashion(able) concept?

Lilian Edwards, Newcastle University
Michèle Finck, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Dr Michael Veale, University College London
Nicolo Zingales, Tilburg University
PUBLISHED ON: 13 Jun 2019

Recent case-law of the European Court of Justice has substantially widened the notion of “data controller" in unclear and potentially onerous ways for a range of actors involved in personal data processing. This has worrying implications for data subjects who may be characterised as controllers, and for emergent decentralised and privacy

Should we worry about filter bubbles?

Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius, University of Amsterdam
Damian Trilling, University of Amsterdam
Judith Möller, University of Amsterdam
Balázs Bodó, University of Amsterdam
Claes H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam
Natali Helberger, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2016 DOI: 10.14763/2016.1.401

Personalised news websites can have serious implications for democracy, but little is known about the extent and effects of personalisation.

Data control and digital regulatory space(s): towards a new European approach

Roxana Radu, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Jean-Marie Chenou, University of Lausanne
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Jun 2015 DOI: 10.14763/2015.2.370

This article examines the stance of the European Union vis-à-vis internet services company Google in two controversial instances: the ‘right to be forgotten’ and the implementation of EU competition rules.

Cyber security

Assessing Europe’s cyber challenges

Francesca Bosco, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Jan 2015

Is Europe today ready to combat existing and emerging cyber threats? United Nations researcher Francesca Bosco points at weak spots, both law making and enforcement.

Data protection

The new Facebook data policy: like or dislike?

Anne Helmond, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 02 Dec 2014

You are unclear about what Facebook will be doing with your data in the new year? Read Anne Helmond's quick analysis of Facebook's new terms and policies in effect 1 January 2015.

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