Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A clear and consensual conceptualization of the power asymmetries that data protection seeks to address is missing. That modern bigness translates into multifaceted power issues results in multiple branches of the law being increasingly called upon to respond, illustrated by the recent adoption of the EU digital package. Such an endeavor requires consistency between them and thus also a clear vision of which legal framework addresses which power issue(s) and how. To spin a musical metaphor, for the choir to be harmonious requires that every singer sings their own score. This article unpacks the nature and ways in which data protection addresses power asymmetries through ‘data control’. It does it through an enquiry into the conceptual relationship between ‘data’ and ‘control’ or power under data protection.
Source: Utrecht Law Review
DOI: 10.36633/ulr.1124
Author: Charlotte Ducuing
Institution: KU Leuven
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414701647
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