ABSTRACT
Our world comprises both material and immaterial parts – the body within the material part, data and ideas in the other. Personal data coalesces to form a data entity in the digital space. Attempts to address the challenges of data proliferation continue to focus on consent as a means to protect the material person’s privacy. Yet, the digital space is vastly different than the material space. This article builds on the semiotic theories of Peirce and Saussure to position signification as the cause for the failure of traditional consent in digital space. The article concludes that the digital space requires a specialized approach. It positions signification as the potential locus operandi for future reforms and in doing so invites further discussion.
Englezos, Elizabeth, Forget Consent? Answering the Challenges of Digital Space (2020). Journal of Information Ethics 29(2), pp 46-69, Griffith University Law School Research Paper forthcoming.
First posted 2021-02-24 15:47:37
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