The right to self-determination in the digital platform economy

The power wielded by platforms under “algorithmic governmentality” threatens people's ability to freely self-determine. The European data protection law and, in particular, the GDPR, provide the data subject with certain rights to exercise their own informational self-determination. However, th...

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Published inComputer law & security review Vol. 53; p. 105964
Main Author Pisani, Giacomo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2024
Subjects
Algorithmic governamentality
Big data
GDPR
Platform economy
Subsidiarity
Big data
Platform economy
Algorithmic governamentality
GDPR
Subsidiarity
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Summary:The power wielded by platforms under “algorithmic governmentality” threatens people's ability to freely self-determine. The European data protection law and, in particular, the GDPR, provide the data subject with certain rights to exercise their own informational self-determination. However, the individual setting of these rights makes them very limited. I will outline a co-regulation proposal that allows subjects to actively participate in the definition of rules for the platform economy. This would allow subjects to self-determine themselves, while giving adequate representation to the collective interests implied in algorithmic relationships.
ISSN:2212-473X
2212-4748
DOI:10.1016/j.clsr.2024.105964