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

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Larsson, Stefan·2018·Internet Policy Review
DOI 10.14763/2018.2.791
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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.

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Authors
Larsson, S.
Affiliations
Lund University (SE)
Corresponding author
Larsson, Stefan
ORCID
Larsson, Stefan
Venue
Internet Policy Review
Publisher
Internet Policy Review, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Published
2018-05-15
Volume
7
Issue
2
ISSN
2197-6775 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.14763/2018.2.791
OpenAlex
W2809517930
Cited by
27
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2
FWCI
29.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Internet Policy Review (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Econstor (Econstor) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Diverse Legal and Medical Studies
Keywords
algorithmic governance, consumer empowerment, consumer protection, personal data, data-driven markets, datafication, information asymmetry, user agreements, data brokers, consumer profiling, automated decision-making, transparency, consumer protection authorities

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