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Who Should Own the Data? The Impact of Data Ownership Shift from the Service Provider to Consumers
Journal of Management Information Systems ( IF 7.7 ) Pub Date : 2023-06-17 , DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2023.2196775
Shilei Li 1 , Yang Liu 2 , Juan Feng 3
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ABSTRACT

With the wide use of information technologies including Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI), consumers’ personal actions (their search history, transaction records, click-through behaviors, etc.) can be tracked, recorded and analyzed by the service provider (e.g., Google) to provide personalized services. Under the current regime, consumers usually hand over their personal data for free in exchange for high-quality services. As it becomes more and more commonly accepted that “data is property,” should consumers be entitled to claim their property rights over their personal data? New technologies emerge to empower consumers to control their own data, and the service provider may need to compensate for the usage of such data. How consumers and the service provider should react to such technologies, however, is not clear. We build a theoretical model in which consumers have different sensitivities towards their data ownership. We show that the impact of the data ownership shift depends not only on the service provider’s revenue structure and the discount in the service quality offered to non-data-providing consumers, but also on whether and how consumers are compensated. More importantly, if the service provider can endogenously adjust the qualities of services provided to consumers, the shift of data ownership may not necessarily benefit consumers, or harm the service provider. We also offer guidelines for data regulation policy designs.



中文翻译:

谁应该拥有数据?数据所有权从服务提供商转移到消费者的影响

摘要

随着大数据、人工智能等信息技术的广泛应用,消费者的个人行为(搜索历史、交易记录、点击行为等)可以被服务提供商跟踪、记录和分析(例如、Google)提供个性化服务。在现行制度下,消费者通常会免费交出个人数据以换取高质量的服务。随着“数据就是财产”这一观念越来越普遍,消费者是否有权主张其个人数据的财产权?新技术的出现使消费者能够控制自己的数据,而服务提供商可能需要对此类数据的使用进行补偿。然而,消费者和服务提供商应如何应对此类技术尚不清楚。我们建立了一个理论模型,其中消费者对其数据所有权具有不同的敏感性。我们表明,数据所有权转移的影响不仅取决于服务提供商的收入结构和向非数据提供消费者提供的服务质量折扣,还取决于是否以及如何向消费者提供补偿。更重要的是,如果服务提供商能够内生地调整向消费者提供的服务质量,那么数据所有权的转移不一定有利于消费者,也不一定会损害服务提供商。我们还提供数据监管政策设计指南。我们表明,数据所有权转移的影响不仅取决于服务提供商的收入结构和向非数据提供消费者提供的服务质量折扣,还取决于是否以及如何向消费者提供补偿。更重要的是,如果服务提供商能够内生地调整向消费者提供的服务质量,那么数据所有权的转移不一定有利于消费者,也不一定会损害服务提供商。我们还提供数据监管政策设计指南。我们表明,数据所有权转移的影响不仅取决于服务提供商的收入结构和向非数据提供消费者提供的服务质量折扣,还取决于是否以及如何向消费者提供补偿。更重要的是,如果服务提供商能够内生地调整向消费者提供的服务质量,那么数据所有权的转移不一定有利于消费者,也不一定会损害服务提供商。我们还提供数据监管政策设计指南。

更新日期:2023-06-17
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