The limits of transparency: Data brokers and commodification
The limits of transparency: Data brokers and commodification
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DOI：
10.1177/1461444816657096
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
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5
通讯作者：
Crain, Matthew
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作者：
Crain, Matthew
在美国，减轻互联网监控危害的主流公共政策方法植根于透明的自由民主价值观。尽管这是一个值得称赞的目标，但在商业监控的政治经济中，透明度遇到了不可逾越的结构性限制。数据经纪人行业的一个案例研究揭示了透明度的局限性，并表明个人信息商品化是基于透明度的消费者赋权战略试图纠正的权力失衡的根源。尽管面临重大挑战，但隐私政策必须更集中地由商业监控的关键政治经济学来提供信息。
In the United States the prevailing public policy approach to mitigating the harms of internet surveillance is grounded in the liberal democratic value of transparency. While a laudable goal, transparency runs up against insurmountable structural constraints within the political economy of commercial surveillance. A case study of the data broker industry reveals the limits of transparency and shows that commodification of personal information is at the root of the power imbalances that transparency-based strategies of consumer empowerment seek to rectify. Despite significant challenges, privacy policy must be more centrally informed by a critical political economy of commercial surveillance.