Feedback to the Commission's Proposal on a Framework for the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data

Graef, Inge; Gellert, Raphael; Purtova, Nadezhda; Husovec, Martin

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3106791

Feedback to the Commission's Proposal on a Framework for the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data

6 Pages Posted: 30 Jan 2018

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Raphael Gellert

Tilburg University - Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)

Nadezhda Purtova

Tilburg University - Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)

Martin Husovec

Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC); Tilburg University - Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT); Stanford University - Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society

Date Written: January 22, 2018

Abstract

With this submission, we would like to take the opportunity to submit feedback, in our personal capacity as researchers, to the European Commission’s Proposal on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union (‘the proposal’).

Our submission aims to raise two main concerns:

• the indeterminate and dynamic nature of the notion of ‘non-personal data’ as a starting point for legislation; and

• the occurrence of possible clashes with the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) and the fundamental right to data protection.

Keywords: concept of personal data; identifiability; free flow of data; data economy; data portability

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Graef, Inge and Gellert, Raphael and Purtova, Nadezhda and Husovec, Martin, Feedback to the Commission's Proposal on a Framework for the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data (January 22, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3106791 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3106791