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Algorithmic governance and the need for consumer empowerment in data-driven markets

Larsson, Stefan LU (2018) In Internet Policy Review 7(2).
Abstract
The present article argues that the fact that personal data holds great value, in combination with a lack of transparency in its commercial use, leads to a need for consumer policy that strengthens consumer protection. The widespread practice of user agreements and consent-based regulation of personal data collection is not satisfactory for balancing these information-asymmetric markets. The lack of transparency deriving from the complex and massive datafication of consumers – where consumers are profiled, data is brokered and the algorithmically automated decision-making is opaque – speaks to the need for improved supervision at a more structural level above and beyond the individual consumer’s choices, preferably by more active consumer... (More)
The present article argues that the fact that personal data holds great value, in combination with a lack of transparency in its commercial use, leads to a need for consumer policy that strengthens consumer protection. The widespread practice of user agreements and consent-based regulation of personal data collection is not satisfactory for balancing these information-asymmetric markets. The lack of transparency deriving from the complex and massive datafication of consumers – where consumers are profiled, data is brokered and the algorithmically automated decision-making is opaque – speaks to the need for improved supervision at a more structural level above and beyond the individual consumer’s choices, preferably by more active consumer protection authorities. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
The present article argues that the fact that personal data holds great value, in combination with a lack of transparency in its commercial use, leads to a need for consumer policy that strengthens consumer protection. The widespread practice of user agreements and consent-based regulation of personal data collection is not satisfactory for balancing these information-asymmetric markets. The lack of transparency deriving from the complex and massive datafication of consumers – where consumers are profiled, data is brokered and the algorithmically automated decision-making is opaque – speaks to the need for improved supervision at a more structural level above and beyond the individual consumer’s choices, preferably by more active consumer... (More)
The present article argues that the fact that personal data holds great value, in combination with a lack of transparency in its commercial use, leads to a need for consumer policy that strengthens consumer protection. The widespread practice of user agreements and consent-based regulation of personal data collection is not satisfactory for balancing these information-asymmetric markets. The lack of transparency deriving from the complex and massive datafication of consumers – where consumers are profiled, data is brokered and the algorithmically automated decision-making is opaque – speaks to the need for improved supervision at a more structural level above and beyond the individual consumer’s choices, preferably by more active consumer protection authorities. (Less)
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algorithmic governance, personal data, GDPR, data protection, transparency, consumer policy, consumer protection, Konsumentverket, data-driven markets, consumer empowerment, supervisory methods, Cambridge Analytica, artificial intelligence, consumer profiling, automated decision-making, algorithms and policy, informed consent, non-informed consent, automated decision-making, Consumer profiling, Consumer protection, Informed Consent, Transparency
in
Internet Policy Review
volume
7
issue
2
pages
12 pages
publisher
The Alexander Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
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  • scopus:85061527698
ISSN
2197-6775
DOI
10.14763/2018.2.791
project
Lund University AI Research
Hållbar AI - AI Ethics and Sustainability
DATA/TRUST: Tillitsbaserad personuppgiftshantering i den digitala ekonomin
Digitaliseringens konsekvenser ur ett konsumentperspektiv
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English
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yes
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ada00c1d-38e1-43c5-b365-f371c68fe405
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2018-05-16 13:22:36
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2025-10-14 10:28:19
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