The ‘wicked problem’ of data localisation
Autor: | Konstantinos Komaitis |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Government Wicked problem business.industry Status quo Corporate governance media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Internet privacy 0211 other engineering and technologies Face (sociological concept) 02 engineering and technology Protectionism 050601 international relations 0506 political science Political climate The Internet business media_common |
Zdroj: | Journal of Cyber Policy. 2:355-365 |
ISSN: | 2373-8898 2373-8871 |
DOI: | 10.1080/23738871.2017.1402942 |
Popis: | Data localisation should be seen as a sign of the current political climate; as the internet grows, so does its ability to empower users, hold governments accountable, and call into question much of the status quo. At the same time, governments are becoming increasingly savvy in their use of the internet to monitor the actions of users, both within their own countries and in others. Edward Snowden's 2013 revelations regarding the U.S. government's secret surveillance programme made other governments realise the potential of utilising the internet as a means to collect, analyse, and store data. It is under this purview that we will discuss data localisation. The main question of which we should keep reminding ourselves is why, in the face of clear evidence regarding the detrimental impact of data localisation in a country, a government would still opt for such a measure. The answer is to be found in power. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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