A Relational Theory of Data Governance

• Published in: The Yale law journal Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 573 - 654
• Main Author: VILJOEN, SALOMÉ
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Haven The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc 01.11.2021; Yale University, School of Law; Yale Law Journal Company, Inc
• Subjects: Data collection; Data entry; Data protection; Democracy; Democratization; Digital economy; Economic aspects; Extraction; FEATURE; Governance; Individualism; Information management; Interpersonal relations; Laws, regulations and rules; Methods; Privacy, Right of; Race discrimination; Social aspects; Social inequality; Social relations; Social values; Technology; Theory; Transformation; Value; UNITED STATES
• ISSN: 0044-0094; 1939-8611

Data-governance law – the legal regime that regulates how data about people is collected, processed, and used – is the subject of lively theorizing and several proposed legislative reforms. Different theories advance different legal interests in information. Some seek to reassert individual control...