Smartphone platforms as privacy regulators
Abstract
A series of recent developments highlight the increasingly important role of online platforms in impacting data privacy in today's digital economy. Revelations and parliamentary hearings about privacy violations in Facebook's app and service partner ecosystem, EU Court of Justice judgments on joint responsibility of platforms and platform users, and the rise of smartphone app ecosystems where app behaviour is governed by app distribution platforms and operating systems, all show that platform policies can make or break the enjoyment of privacy by users. In this article, we examine these developments and explore the question of what can and should be the role of platforms in protecting data privacy of their users.
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frontpage, Privacy, Regulering, smartphones
Bibtex
Article{vanHoboken2021b,
title = {Smartphone platforms as privacy regulators},
author = {van Hoboken, J. and Fahy, R.},
url = {https://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/Smartphone-platforms-as-privacy-regulators.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2021.105557},
year = {0610},
date = {2021-06-10},
journal = {Computer Law & Security Review},
volume = {41},
pages = {},
abstract = {A series of recent developments highlight the increasingly important role of online platforms in impacting data privacy in today\'s digital economy. Revelations and parliamentary hearings about privacy violations in Facebook\'s app and service partner ecosystem, EU Court of Justice judgments on joint responsibility of platforms and platform users, and the rise of smartphone app ecosystems where app behaviour is governed by app distribution platforms and operating systems, all show that platform policies can make or break the enjoyment of privacy by users. In this article, we examine these developments and explore the question of what can and should be the role of platforms in protecting data privacy of their users.},
keywords = {frontpage, Privacy, Regulering, smartphones},
}