Surveillance capitalism and the undue extraction of personal data
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:20 am
This is one of the points made, with great astuteness, by Carissa Véliz [4] , when arguing that data processing agents, who should have fiduciary duties towards data subjects, only being able to use such data for their benefit, end up doing the opposite, that is, they use the power that comes from personal data against the subjects to obtain undue advantages from them.
The author's critique shows the reasons why, much more bulk sms service in sri lanka than assets or inputs of data-driven capitalism, personal data are great sources of power that, when used without accountability and transparency, create incentives for abuse and for countless violations of the constitutional duty of data protection.
I have already had opportunities to show the harmful effects of such practices on data subjects, exploring the issue of algorithmic discrimination in a broader sense [5] and practices that violate consumer rights, such as geopricing and geoblocking [6] , personalized pricing [7] and dynamic pricing [8] .
obscuring the consequences of political and corporate actions, undermining the responsibility of governments and companies;
lack of transparency, since its contracts with companies and governments are confidential, protected by confidentiality clauses, which prevents the necessary
The author's critique shows the reasons why, much more bulk sms service in sri lanka than assets or inputs of data-driven capitalism, personal data are great sources of power that, when used without accountability and transparency, create incentives for abuse and for countless violations of the constitutional duty of data protection.
I have already had opportunities to show the harmful effects of such practices on data subjects, exploring the issue of algorithmic discrimination in a broader sense [5] and practices that violate consumer rights, such as geopricing and geoblocking [6] , personalized pricing [7] and dynamic pricing [8] .
obscuring the consequences of political and corporate actions, undermining the responsibility of governments and companies;
lack of transparency, since its contracts with companies and governments are confidential, protected by confidentiality clauses, which prevents the necessary