Global Data Strategies

The book

The paramount role of data as a resource and driver for innovation within modern digitalised societies is increasingly being acknowledged by policymakers. Consequently, states, supranational institutions, and international organisations (e.g. OECD) find themselves in a global ‘competition' to devise risk-sensible approaches of data governance and thereby promote innovation to the benefit of societies. Said competition manifests in the form of Global Data Strategies, ranging between priorities of global standard-setting and suitable legal frameworks. The strategies do and will shape the political discussion and determine both the usage of data and the associated societal value. In particular, the legislative initiatives launched under the EU Data Strategy are likely to evolve into benchmarks with a global outreach.

The present work gathers contributions engaging with different data strategies along with their interdisciplinary (legal, economic, and ethical) implications. It aims to contribute to a well-founded discourse about current (and future) data strategies.

The book pursues a multidimensional approach, combining insights from academia and (governmental) practice as well as legal and economic viewpoints. Data strategies from both the ‘Global North' and the ‘Global South' are covered. The international and comparative focus allows for a discussion of regulatory convergence and dissonance.
Content

The work provides a concise introduction to different data strategies and puts them into their socio-economic context:

• Introduction into Global Data Strategies
• Key Tasks of Data Strategies
• Global Data Economics
• Data Strategies in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia
• Global Standard-Setting by International Corporations
• ‘Data Colonialism'

The advantages at a glance

• concise insights in global developments in data policy
• comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives on data strategies
• global economic and social effects of data governance