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Smart TV and the online media sector: User privacy in view of changing market realities

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  • Irion, Kristina
  • Helberger, Natali

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Smart TV and online media enable precise monitoring of online media consumption, which also forms the basis for personalised recommendations. This new practice challenges EU policy in two respects. Firstly, the legality of monitoring individual media consumption and using personal data of users is primarily addressed under data protection law. Secondly, tracking of viewing behaviour and personalisation of media content can also affect individuals’ freedom to receive information, as well as the realisation of media policy objectives such as media freedom and pluralism, implications that so far are not reflected in media law and policy, or only marginally. This article addresses the increasing reliance on personal data and personalised services in the audiovisual and online media sector and queries the appropriateness of the legal status quo in light of implementation and enforcement actions in Germany and the Netherlands. The analysis concludes with a call for media policy makers and regulators to pay more attention to the issue of ‘smart surveillance’ of media users, and develops a number of concrete recommendations on how to accommodate the specific privacy concerns of media users.

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  • Irion, Kristina & Helberger, Natali, 2017. "Smart TV and the online media sector: User privacy in view of changing market realities," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(3), pages 170-184.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:41:y:2017:i:3:p:170-184
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2016.12.013
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