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Title13. Data Subjects in European Private Law
ContributorAntonio Davola (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0448.13
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0448/chapters/10.11647/obp.0448.13
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
CopyrightAntonio Davola;
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2025-06-05
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This chapter seeks to examine the discourse surrounding the involvement of private law in promoting the rights of data subjects, particularly within the evolving landscape of digital environments. To achieve this, it initially delves into the existing regulations within the European Union, exploring their foundational principles. Subsequently, it provides an overview of the key provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, elucidating how the regulation currently recognises control over data as a significant—arguably, the primary—mechanism for safeguarding individuals when participating in digital interactions. However, as the far-reaching impact of data analyses on human lives suggests a need for a broader viewpoint, the chapter scrutinises the potential role of private law in complementing and enhancing the traditional stance of data protection law.

Page rangepp. 255–272
Print length18 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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Contributors

Antonio Davola

(author)
Assistant Professor in Economic Law at Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro

Dr. Antonio Davola is Assistant Professor in Economic Law at the University ‘Aldo

Moro’ of Bari and Adjunct Professor at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. He holds

a Ph.D. in Law and Technology from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, an

LL.M. from Yale Law School, and in 2020 he was Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual

Fellow at the University of Amsterdam with his project ‘FairPersonalization’. His

main areas of interest involve financial markets regulation, competition law, consumer

protection, and the governance of new technologies. He devotes significant attention

to the application of experimental and empirical analysis to consumer protection,

consistently with a research approach strongly focused on Law and Economics.

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