Open Book: The Failed Promise of Information Privacy in America

Nehf, James P.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2192471

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“…Industry-specific legislative proposals are not extraordinary as there is no comprehensive federal law governing commercial collection of personal information (Nehf, 2012: 61). Instead, privacy protections regarding certain types of data are covered by disparate statutes (e.g.…”

Section: Regulatory Scrutiny and Industry Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Transparency is deployed as a means to empower consumers to transact with data brokers as equals within information marketplaces. While the FTC (2014) and legal scholars (Nehf, 2012; Pasquale, 2015; Solove, 2013) have recognized the limits of transparency to varying degrees, the policy response has largely been to iterate within the consumer empowerment model, emphasizing self-determination and market fairness. The data broker case study suggests a need for alternative understandings of the policy problems associated with commercial surveillance.…”

Section: Commodification Of Personal Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The limits of transparency: Data brokers and commodification

Crain

2016

New Media & Society

155

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In the United States the prevailing public policy approach to mitigating the harms of internet surveillance is grounded in the liberal democratic value of transparency. While a laudable goal, transparency runs up against insurmountable structural constraints within the political economy of commercial surveillance. A case study of the data broker industry reveals the limits of transparency and shows that commodification of personal information is at the root of the power imbalances that transparency-based strategies of consumer empowerment seek to rectify. Despite significant challenges, privacy policy must be more centrally informed by a critical political economy of commercial surveillance.

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Section: Regulatory Scrutiny and Industry Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Commodification Of Personal Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%