Data privacy law fails to stop companies from engaging in self-serving, opportunistic behavior at the expense of those who trust them with their data. This is a
Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data
(September 2020) - Data is nonrival: a person's location history, medical records, and driving data can be used by many firms simultaneously. Nonrivalry leads to increasing returns. As a result, there may be social gains to data being used broadly across firms, even in the presence of privacy considerations. Fearing creative destruction, firms may choose to hoard their data, leading to the inefficient use of nonrival data. Giving data property rights to consumers can generate allocations that are close to optimal. Consumers balance their concerns for privacy against the economic gains that come from selling data broadly.
Unwillingness to pay for privacy: A field experiment
We measure willingness to pay for privacy in a field experiment. Participants bought at most one DVD from one of two competing online stores. One store consistently required more sensitive personal data than the other, but otherwise the stores were identical. In one treatment, DVDs were one Euro cheaper at the store requesting more personal information, and almost all buyers chose the cheaper store. Surprisingly, in the second treatment when prices were identical, participants bought from both shops equally often.
EFF to State AGs: Investigate Google's Broken Promise to Users
Google's Failure to Warn Users About Law Enforcement Demands for Data Is Deceptive
Privacy and human behavior in the age of information
This Review summarizes and draws connections between diverse streams of empirical research on privacy behavior. We use three themes to connect insights from social and behavioral sciences: people's uncertainty about the consequences of privacy-related behaviors and their own preferences over those consequences; the context-dependence of people's concern, or lack thereof, about privacy; and the degree to which privacy concerns are malleable—manipulable by commercial and governmental interests. Organizing our discussion by these themes, we offer observations concerning the role of public policy in the protection of privacy in the information age.
Swedish data brokers claim journalists’ legal protection to evade EU law
Thanks to a loophole in national law, data brokers can exempt their business from EU privacy law. This enables the uncontrolled sale of the personal data of millions of people in Sweden
Who owns your data?
A Supreme Court case about a bank robbery could redefine your digital rights.
Who Even Cares About Data Ownership Anyway? - What The Function!?
Taking a look at a concept that's been talked a lot over the last few years, especially in the context of social media
Data Minimisation: a Language-Based Approach (Long Version)
Data minimisation is a privacy-enhancing principle considered as one of the pillars of personal data regulations. This principle dictates that personal data collected should be no more than...
I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead
California residents have a legal right to access the data that companies collect about them. Actually exercising that right is a burdensome nightmare.
Introducing ONCE
Once upon a time you owned what you paid for, you controlled what you depended on, and your privacy and security were your own business. We think it’s that time again.
AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No | The Mishal Husain Show
Your Data, Your Control
How data portability can unlock competition and empower consumers January 15, 2026 Copyright and permission to reproduce For information on the Competition Bureau's activities, please contact: Information Centre Competition Bureau 50 Victoria Street Gatineau QC K1A 0C9
Data Minimisation in Communication Protocols: A Formal Analysis...
With the growing amount of personal information exchanged over the Internet, privacy is becoming more and more a concern for users. One of the key principles in protecting privacy is data...
Who the General Data Protection Law applies to
Find out who the data protection law applies to.
No one wants to own their data until the platform where their data lives enshittifies to the point of unusability and/or starts selling their data in ways they didn't expect. Like, 99% of ppl are here because Elon owns Twitter. I get why people don't care, but they tend to eventually every time.
