Big Data, Political Campaigning and the Law

Table of contents

Introduction

1 Political Micro-Targeting in an Era of Big Data Analytics: an Overview of the Regulatory Issues

Janice Richardson, Normann Witzleb and Moira Paterson

Section One: The Need for a Civic Disposition

2 From Mass to Automated Media: Revisiting The 'Filter Bubble'

Mark Andrejevic & Zala Volcic

3 Filter bubbles, Democracy and Conceptions of Self: A Brief Genealogy and a Spinozist Perspective

Janice Richardson

4 Voting Public: Leveraging Personal Information to Construct Voter Preference

Jacquelyn Burkell & Priscilla M. Regan

Section Two: Public International and European Law

5 International Law and New Challenges to Democracy in the Digital Age: Big Data, Privacy and Interferences with the Political Process

Dominik Steiger

6 Social Media in Election Campaigns: Free Speech or a Danger for Democracy?

Udo Fink

7 Freedom of Processing of Personal Data for the Purpose of Electoral Activities after the GDPR

Maeve McDonagh

Section Three: Domestic Laws in Canada, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom

8 From the Doorstep to the Database: Political Parties, Campaigns, and Personal Privacy Protection in Canada

Colin J. Bennett & Michael McDonald

9 Freedom of Political Communication in an Era of Big Data: Time to Rethink the Political Exemption in the Australian Privacy Act

Moira Paterson & Normann Witzleb

10 Big Data and the Electoral Process in the United States: Constitutional Constraint and Limited Data Privacy Regulations

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.

11 Data and Political Campaigning in the Era of Big Data - the UK Experience

Stephanie Hankey, Ravi Naik and Gary Wright