Re:The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules
by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 29, 2017 @07:13AM
(#15578879)
In the same sense your data isn't your data.
JoshTriplett owns his website by the virtue of control he has - it's up to him if and what is displayed on it. OTOH, data is just facts. JoshTriplett doesn't control the fact that his website displayed this-and-that content on 2017-10-29 11:11:00 UTC, nor do you control the fact that you had this-and-that official name, SSN, and bank account number on 2017-10-29 11:11:00 UTC. Those are just facts.
And as much as I understand the concern about privacy, I fear some proposed solutions just go straight up against the fundamental nature of reality. Facts are, you can't own them.
JoshTriplett owns his website by the virtue of control he has - it's up to him if and what is displayed on it. OTOH, data is just facts. JoshTriplett doesn't control the fact that his website displayed this-and-that content on 2017-10-29 11:11:00 UTC, nor do you control the fact that you had this-and-that official name, SSN, and bank account number on 2017-10-29 11:11:00 UTC. Those are just facts.
And as much as I understand the concern about privacy, I fear some proposed solutions just go straight up against the fundamental nature of reality. Facts are, you can't own them.