| Irion, K., Oostveen, M. The Golden Age of Personal Data: How to Regulate an Enabling Fundamental Right? In: In: Bakhoum M., Conde Gallego B., Mackenrodt MO., Surblytė-Namavičienė G. (eds) Personal Data in Competition, Consumer Protection and Intellectual Property Law. MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2018. @inbook{Oostveen2018,
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abstract = {New technologies, purposes and applications to process individuals’ personal data are being developed on a massive scale. But we have not only entered the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of its exploitation: ours is also the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of regulation of its use. Understood as an enabling right, the architecture of EU data protection law is capable of protecting against many of the negative short- and long-term effects of contemporary data processing. Against the backdrop of big data applications, we evaluate how the implementation of privacy and data protection rules protect against the short- and long-term effects of contemporary data processing. We conclude that from the perspective of protecting individual fundamental rights and freedoms, it would be worthwhile to explore alternative (legal) approaches instead of relying on EU data protection law alone to cope with contemporary data processing.},
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New technologies, purposes and applications to process individuals’ personal data are being developed on a massive scale. But we have not only entered the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of its exploitation: ours is also the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of regulation of its use. Understood as an enabling right, the architecture of EU data protection law is capable of protecting against many of the negative short- and long-term effects of contemporary data processing. Against the backdrop of big data applications, we evaluate how the implementation of privacy and data protection rules protect against the short- and long-term effects of contemporary data processing. We conclude that from the perspective of protecting individual fundamental rights and freedoms, it would be worthwhile to explore alternative (legal) approaches instead of relying on EU data protection law alone to cope with contemporary data processing. |
| Oostveen, M. Protecting Individuals Against the Negative Impact of Big Data: Potential and Limitations of the Privacy and Data Protection Law Approach 2018, ISBN: 9789403501314. @book{ILS42,
title = {Protecting Individuals Against the Negative Impact of Big Data: Potential and Limitations of the Privacy and Data Protection Law Approach},
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| Irion, K., Oostveen, M. The Golden Age of Personal Data: How to Regulate an Enabling Fundamental Right? Personal Data in Competition, Consumer Protection and IP Law - Towards a Holistic Approach? , Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2016-68 Springer, 2016. @conference{Oostveen2016b,
title = {The Golden Age of Personal Data: How to Regulate an Enabling Fundamental Right?},
author = {Oostveen, M. and Irion, K.},
editor = {Bakhoum and Conde Gallego and Mackenordt and Surblyte},
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abstract = {New technologies, purposes and applications to process individual’s personal data are developed on a massive scale. But we have not only entered the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of its exploitation: ours is also the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of regulation of its use. In this contribution, we explain how regulating the processing of an individual’s personal data can be a proxy of intervention, which directly or indirectly could benefit other individual rights and freedoms. Understood as an enabling right, the architecture of EU data protection law is capable of protecting against many of the negative short- and long-term effects of contemporary data processing. The new General Data Protection Regulation certainly strengthens aspects of this core architecture but certain regulatory innovations to cope with technological advancements and the data-driven economy appear less capably of yielding broad protection for individuals fundamental rights and freedoms. We conclude that from the perspective of protecting individual fundamental rights and freedoms, it would be worthwhile to explore alternative (legal) approaches of individual protection in contemporary data processing.},
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New technologies, purposes and applications to process individual’s personal data are developed on a massive scale. But we have not only entered the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of its exploitation: ours is also the ‘golden age of personal data’ in terms of regulation of its use. In this contribution, we explain how regulating the processing of an individual’s personal data can be a proxy of intervention, which directly or indirectly could benefit other individual rights and freedoms. Understood as an enabling right, the architecture of EU data protection law is capable of protecting against many of the negative short- and long-term effects of contemporary data processing. The new General Data Protection Regulation certainly strengthens aspects of this core architecture but certain regulatory innovations to cope with technological advancements and the data-driven economy appear less capably of yielding broad protection for individuals fundamental rights and freedoms. We conclude that from the perspective of protecting individual fundamental rights and freedoms, it would be worthwhile to explore alternative (legal) approaches of individual protection in contemporary data processing. |
| Oostveen, M. Identifiability and the applicability of data protection to big data In: International Data Privacy Law, 2016. @article{Oostveen2016,
title = {Identifiability and the applicability of data protection to big data},
author = {Oostveen, M.},
url = {http://idpl.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/09/06/idpl.ipw012.extract},
doi = {10.1093/idpl/ipw012},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-09-27},
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abstract = {Big data holds much potential, but it can also have a negative impact on individuals, particularly on their privacy and data protection rights. Data protection law is the point of departure in the discussion about big data; it is widely regarded as the answer to big data’s negative consequences. Yet a closer look at the criteria for applicability of EU data protection law reveals a number of weaknesses in the data protection law approach. Because the material scope of EU data protection law is dependent on the identifiability of individual, data protection only partially applies to the big data process. Therefore, in spite of its importance, data protection law is insufficient to protect individuals from big data’s potential harms.},
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Big data holds much potential, but it can also have a negative impact on individuals, particularly on their privacy and data protection rights. Data protection law is the point of departure in the discussion about big data; it is widely regarded as the answer to big data’s negative consequences. Yet a closer look at the criteria for applicability of EU data protection law reveals a number of weaknesses in the data protection law approach. Because the material scope of EU data protection law is dependent on the identifiability of individual, data protection only partially applies to the big data process. Therefore, in spite of its importance, data protection law is insufficient to protect individuals from big data’s potential harms. |
| McGonagle, T., Oostveen, M. Tomorrow’s news: bright, mutualized and open? 2014. @techreport{,
title = {Tomorrow’s news: bright, mutualized and open?},
author = {M.A.A. Oostveen and T. McGonagle},
url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/1450.pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-12-05},
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Panel report of session Tomorrow\’s news: bright, mutualized and open? at the Information Influx Conference.
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| Oosterveld, M., Oostveen, M. Van 'public watchdog' naar 'public watchblog' : het EHRM en journalistieke weblogs In: Mediaforum, no. 6, pp. 146-153, 2013. @article{,
title = {Van 'public watchdog' naar 'public watchblog' : het EHRM en journalistieke weblogs},
author = {M. Oosterveld and M.A.A. Oostveen},
url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/Mediaforum_2013_06.pdf},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-07-11},
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abstract = {De samenleving heeft een \'public watchdog\' nodig om machthebbers rekenschap te laten afleggen aan het publiek. Het EHRM heeft deze rol met de nodige waarborgen omkleed door privileges te erkennen voor journalisten van traditionele media. In de huidige informatiesamenleving wordt deze waakhondfunctie echter ook door bloggers vervuld, terwijl het vooralsnog onduidelijk is of zij eenzelfde bescherming genieten. Deze bijdrage geeft daarom een overzicht van de journalistieke privileges en een schets van het huidige digitale-mediatijdperk, om te bepalen in hoeverre het EHRM bescherming biedt aan public watch\textit{blogs}.},
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De samenleving heeft een 'public watchdog' nodig om machthebbers rekenschap te laten afleggen aan het publiek. Het EHRM heeft deze rol met de nodige waarborgen omkleed door privileges te erkennen voor journalisten van traditionele media. In de huidige informatiesamenleving wordt deze waakhondfunctie echter ook door bloggers vervuld, terwijl het vooralsnog onduidelijk is of zij eenzelfde bescherming genieten. Deze bijdrage geeft daarom een overzicht van de journalistieke privileges en een schets van het huidige digitale-mediatijdperk, om te bepalen in hoeverre het EHRM bescherming biedt aan public watchblogs. |
| Oostveen, M. World Wide Web of Your Wide Web?: Juridische aspecten van zoekmachine-personalisatie In: Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht, no. 6, pp. 173-179, 2013. @article{,
title = {World Wide Web of Your Wide Web?: Juridische aspecten van zoekmachine-personalisatie},
author = {M.A.A. Oostveen},
url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/TvIR_2012.pdf},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-07-11},
journal = {Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht},
number = {6},
pages = {173-179},
abstract = {Het world wide web is een enorme bron van informatie. Iedere internetgebruiker maakt gebruik van zoekmachines om die informatie te kunnen vinden. Veel gebruikers weten echter niet dat zoekresultaten behorende bij een bepaalde zoekterm niet voor iedereen hetzelfde zijn. Dit personaliseren van zoekresultaten heeft aanzienlijke maatschappelijke en juridische gevolgen.},
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Het world wide web is een enorme bron van informatie. Iedere internetgebruiker maakt gebruik van zoekmachines om die informatie te kunnen vinden. Veel gebruikers weten echter niet dat zoekresultaten behorende bij een bepaalde zoekterm niet voor iedereen hetzelfde zijn. Dit personaliseren van zoekresultaten heeft aanzienlijke maatschappelijke en juridische gevolgen. |
Manon Oostveen is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Information Law. Her research is on the protection of individuals against the potential negative impact of big data on their private lives, focusing on fundamental rights and EU data protection regulation. Manon Oostveen graduated in 2013 with a Research Master in Information Law (University of Amsterdam) and an LL.M. in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law (Leibniz Universität Hannover, magna cum laude). During her Bachelor of Laws she studied at Utrecht University and at Uppsala University in Sweden. She was also president of a students' association, completed internships in both the commercial as well as the legal sectors and cofounded the Students' Association for Information Law. She is a member of the executive board of Dutch digital rights organization Bits of Freedom.