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Pursuing consumer empowerment in the age of big data: A comprehensive regulatory framework for data brokers

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  • Yeh, Chih-Liang

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Data brokers play a central role in the big data ecosystem, compiling personal data from numerous sources and subsequently selling them to businesses worldwide. Such practices, however, generally occur clandestinely without consumers' knowledge or consent and can harm consumers in a discriminatory manner. In recent years, US policymakers have been urged to regulate data brokers by promoting individual choice but have failed, whereas the European Union has introduced broad data privacy guarantees for consumers and a data protection regime that limits data brokers' activities if consumers' consent has not been obtained for specific purposes. Because of the power imbalance between consumers and data brokers, the author argues that the European Union's coherent data protection framework serves as an effective model for regulating data brokers.

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  • Yeh, Chih-Liang, 2018. "Pursuing consumer empowerment in the age of big data: A comprehensive regulatory framework for data brokers," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(4), pages 282-292.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:42:y:2018:i:4:p:282-292
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2017.12.001
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    1. Fadye Saud Al-Fayad, 2020. "The European Union’s GDPR and Its Effect on Data-Driven Marketing Strategies," International Journal of Marketing Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(1), pages 1-39, March.
    2. Winter, Jenifer Sunrise & Davidson, Elizabeth, 2022. "Harmonizing regulatory regimes for the governance of patient-generated health data," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(5).
    3. Arora Swapan Deep, 2023. "Contemporary challenges of consumption: a Kafkaesque and critical marketing perspective," International Journal of Contemporary Management, Sciendo, vol. 59(4), pages 58-73, December.

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