Big data and the legal framework for data quality. (8th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hoeren, Thomas
• Is Part Of: International journal of law and information technology. Volume 25:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 37
• Publication Date: 2017-01-08
• Subjects: big data -- data quality -- data protection -- EU Regulation -- tort law; Computers -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Legal research -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Law -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Periodicals; 343.0999
• DOI: 10.1093/ijlit/eaw014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0967-0769

Abstract

Abstract: Power has a lot to do with knowledge, access to, and utilization of data. But in the context of the debate about power, the question of data quality is hardly ever raised. This is because legal standards for data quality are lacking. The first attempts to regulate this question can be found hidden in Article 6 of the EU Data Protection Directive and in the regulation on scoring in section 28b of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). From this, with the help of initial research attempts by computer science and sociology, we can develop a provisional, fragmentary framework for legal standards in data quality, as I will demonstrate in the following 10 theses.