Data as Protected Investment Under International Investment Law

Over the last decades technological companies have grown significantly and impacted our societies both politically and economically.The significant amount of user data these companies collect and manage have economic as well as political impacts on our societies.  The busines model of social media c...

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Main Author: Karlsson, Yberthia
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen 2021
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-4434192021-08-12T05:24:09ZData as Protected Investment Under International Investment LawengKarlsson, YberthiaUppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen2021International Investment LawData localizationBilateral Investment TreatiesSocial Media.Law (excluding Law and Society)Juridik (exklusive juridik och samhälle)Over the last decades technological companies have grown significantly and impacted our societies both politically and economically.The significant amount of user data these companies collect and manage have economic as well as political impacts on our societies.  The busines model of social media companies has raised alerts and provoked calls for regulatory measures. The thesis investigated whether social media platforms ‘data’ can constitute a protected investment under a Bilateral Investment Treaty, and what is the position of the international investment law if any about the digital economy. The author made an analysis of data localization regulation to determine if tech companies can claim protection under a BIT to avoid potential issues of a domestic regulation. After the analysis of international legal instruments, BITs and scholar literature the results of the study concluded that data could constitute a protected investment under the wording of certain BITs.  Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-443419application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic International Investment Law
Data localization
Bilateral Investment Treaties
Social Media.
Law (excluding Law and Society)
Juridik (exklusive juridik och samhälle)
spellingShingle International Investment Law
Data localization
Bilateral Investment Treaties
Social Media.
Law (excluding Law and Society)
Juridik (exklusive juridik och samhälle)
Karlsson, Yberthia
Data as Protected Investment Under International Investment Law
description Over the last decades technological companies have grown significantly and impacted our societies both politically and economically.The significant amount of user data these companies collect and manage have economic as well as political impacts on our societies.  The busines model of social media companies has raised alerts and provoked calls for regulatory measures. The thesis investigated whether social media platforms ‘data’ can constitute a protected investment under a Bilateral Investment Treaty, and what is the position of the international investment law if any about the digital economy. The author made an analysis of data localization regulation to determine if tech companies can claim protection under a BIT to avoid potential issues of a domestic regulation. After the analysis of international legal instruments, BITs and scholar literature the results of the study concluded that data could constitute a protected investment under the wording of certain BITs. 
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title Data as Protected Investment Under International Investment Law
title_short Data as Protected Investment Under International Investment Law
title_full Data as Protected Investment Under International Investment Law
title_fullStr Data as Protected Investment Under International Investment Law
title_full_unstemmed Data as Protected Investment Under International Investment Law
title_sort data as protected investment under international investment law
publisher Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen
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