Citizen or consumer? Contrasting Australia and Europe’s data protection policies

Citizen or consumer? Contrasting Australia and Europe’s data protection policies

This paper examines how data access and transfer rights are conceptualised in the European Union and Australia. The study discusses the planned introduction of a Consumer Data Right (CDR) to Australia and contrasts it to comparable developments in European law. We then assess the broader reform mome...

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Main Authors: James Meese, Punit Jagasia, James Arvanitakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2019-06-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/1409
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spelling doaj-c712a0d8d3cc4c3280066b857f2bb2cc2020-11-25T01:59:35ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752019-06-01Volume 8Issue 210.14763/2019.2.1409Citizen or consumer? Contrasting Australia and Europe’s data protection policiesJames Meese0Punit Jagasia1James Arvanitakis2University of Technology SydneyUniversity of Technology SydneyWestern Sydney UniversityThis paper examines how data access and transfer rights are conceptualised in the European Union and Australia. The study discusses the planned introduction of a Consumer Data Right (CDR) to Australia and contrasts it to comparable developments in European law. We then assess the broader reform moments around data (which these various data access and transfer rights form a part of), that have occurred in each jurisdiction. The paper shows that Europe has placed an increasing value on protecting the fundamental rights of citizens, whereas Australia has taken a more neoliberal approach to data, only granting individuals rights in the context of the market.https://policyreview.info/node/1409
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description This paper examines how data access and transfer rights are conceptualised in the European Union and Australia. The study discusses the planned introduction of a Consumer Data Right (CDR) to Australia and contrasts it to comparable developments in European law. We then assess the broader reform moments around data (which these various data access and transfer rights form a part of), that have occurred in each jurisdiction. The paper shows that Europe has placed an increasing value on protecting the fundamental rights of citizens, whereas Australia has taken a more neoliberal approach to data, only granting individuals rights in the context of the market.
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