Data protection and digitalization

Abstract

The issue of data protection cannot be separated from the politics of digitalization. Data protection is a fundamental right that is often considered endangered in the digital era. At the same time, data protection can be seen as a regulatory tool box that can help us to cope with the risks to individual and collective self-determination associated with the digital transformation. Yet, the aims and means of data protection are often contested. This research project made sense of the debates in the field of data protection. Building on discourse analysis, it explored the ways in which actors criticize and justify their understandings of data protection. The project thereby focused on the tension between individual and collective understandings of data protection, which became particularly evident in the debate about the principle of “consent”.

 

Resources:

Bergemann, Benjamin (2018): "The Consent Paradox. Accounting for the Prominent Role of Consent in Data Protection". In: Marit Hansen/Eleni Kosta/Igor Nai-Fovino/Simone Fischer-Hübner (Eds.): Privacy and Identity Management. The Smart Revolution. Cham: Springer International Publishing, S. 111-131.

Bergemann, Benjamin/Römer, Magnus (2018): "Europas neue Datenpolitik. Mit der EU-Datenschutzgrundverordnung beginnt der Konflikt um den Datenschutz erst". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 160, S. 27-29.

Bergemann, Benjamin (2017): Der 'Informed Consent' im Datenschutz. Eine politikwissenschaftliche Analyse. Masterarbeit, Freie Universität. Berlin, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft. Kiel: Econstor.

Hofmann, Jeanette/Bergemann, Benjamin (2017): "Die informierte Einwilligung. Ein Datenschutzphantom". In: netzpolitik.org, 01.06.2017.

Hofmann, Jeanette/Bergemann, Benjamin (2016): "Die informierte Einwilligung. Ein Datenschutzphantom - Beitrag zum 20. Berliner Kolloquium der Daimler und Benz Stiftung "Der Datenmensch - Über Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung in der digitalen Welt", 11. Mai 2016". In: Spektrum der Wissenschaft Kompakt, Der digitale Mensch, 04.10.2016, S. 50-59.