When Default Data Choices Are Insufficient: Redistributing Data Wealth Back to the People

Mass Communications Law, Spring 2019

31 Pages Posted: 17 Jun 2019

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Erik Swanson

University of the District of Columbia - David A. Clarke School of Law; Pennsylvania State University - College of Information Sciences & Technology

Date Written: June 6, 2019

Abstract

The current situation of data privacy has been taken over by corporations without regard to the necessary data inputs generated by end users. Through a clickwrap agreement without regard to bargained for exchange, corporations have granted themselves a royalty-free license to all user data. What can be done about this?

Keywords: data, privacy, law

Suggested Citation

Swanson, Erik, When Default Data Choices Are Insufficient: Redistributing Data Wealth Back to the People (June 6, 2019). Mass Communications Law, Spring 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3400399

Erik Swanson (Contact Author)

University of the District of Columbia - David A. Clarke School of Law ( email )

4200 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20003
United States

Pennsylvania State University - College of Information Sciences & Technology ( email )

University Park, PA 16802
United States

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