Table Of ContentData Governance
Data Governance
Value Orders and Jurisdictional Conflicts
ANKE SOPHIA OBENDIEK
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Preface and Acknowledgements
We produce data every day. As learning, working, and socializing have moved
online, their significance has only increased. And yet many of the frameworks
that regulate how exactly data are governed are rarely discussed by the broader
public.WhiletheEuropeanoverhaulofdataprotectionlegislationhasleftmany
annoyedbycookienotificationsandregularemailupdatesaboutlong-forgotten
subscriptions,theextenttowhichourdataareused,bywhom,andforwhatpur-
posesisoftenconsideredanenigma.Thisbooktrackshowdatagovernancehas
developed in recent decades. It focuses on key controversies between the main
playersoftheregulatorylandscape—theEuropeanUnionandtheUnitedStates—
and the major companies that hold significant amounts of data (and power). It
showsthatmanyoftheconflictsweseetodayarenotthatdifferentfromtheones
wehadtwodecadesago.Instead,weseethattheytouchuponfoundationalnor-
mativequestionsaboutsociety:whatsocietalgoalsmattermost?Andhowdowe
evaluatejustificationsandassessevidenceprovidedbydifferentparties?
ThisbookbeganasaPhDdissertationattheHertieSchoolduringmytimeat
the Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies. As per usual,
therearemanypeopletothank,sothisisbynomeansanexhaustivelist.Firstand
foremost,IwouldliketothankmythesisadviserMarkusJachtenfuchsforbeing
anexceptionalsupervisorandconstantmentor.Thankyou,foralwaysgivingme
thefreedomandencouragementtoconductmyownresearchbutprovidinghelp-
ful guidance whenever I needed it. I owe you so much. I also wish thank my
secondthesisadviserFrédéricMérand,whoalwayscheersmeupwithhiskind
and thought-provoking comments, and my third thesis adviser Tine Hanrieder,
whoseexcellentresearchinspiredasignificantpartofthisbook.Bothhavepro-
videdinvaluablefeedbackandsupport.FurtherthankstoAdinaMaricut-Akbik
forhersmartandthoughtfulcommentsasadoctoralcommitteemember.Ialso
hadthegreatpleasureofworkingwithmyprojectpartnerDaniëlleFlonk,who
is not only an exceptional colleague and scholar but also a great friend. I am
extremely grateful for the encouraging efforts by Oxford University Press, par-
ticularly by Dominic Byatt, Ryan Morris, the editorial team, and my kind and
constructiveanonymousreviewers,toimprovethisbook.Myanonymousintervie-
weeshavealsokindlyprovidedgreatinsights.Igratefullyacknowledgefundingby
theDeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft(DFG),FOR2409,JA772/8-1andthank
theOSAICresearchgroupforengagingdiscussions.
vi PREFACEANDACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Participantsanddiscussantsatseveralconferencesandworkshopshaveoffered
great help. I would like to thank the participants of GigaNet 2018, the ISA
2019,GIG-ARTS2019,theECPR2019,andtheEISA2019,particularlyMeryem
Marzouki,AndreaCalderaro,AbelReiberg,andFelixBerensko¨tter.Ialsothank
participants in the HIIG Interdisciplinary Workshop ‘Privacy, Data Protection
andSurveillance’andthe‘KolloquiumDigitalpolitik’inBerlinaswellaspartici-
pantsinthejointworkshopsoftheBGTSandtheHebrewUniversity,particularly
NicoleDeitelhoffandTobiasBerger.IfurtherthankTimoSeidlforextensivefeed-
back,JanAartScholteandWolfSchu¨nemannfortheirwordsofencouragement,
andGerdaFalknerforgivingmetheincentivetosticktomydeadline.
ManythankstotheHertieSchool’sJacquesDelorsCentreandthefacultyofthe
BGTS,particularlyTanjaBo¨rzel,AndreaLiese,andLoraViolafortheirhelp.Ifur-
therthankFranziskaLoschertandthemembersoftheSuccessGroupwhoshared
theirdoubts,happymoments,and(non-)academicinsights:JulienBois,JuliaFuß,
Jo¨rg Haas, Oleksandra Keudel, Cédric Koch, and Ann-Kathrin Rothermel. Of
course,IthankAmelieHarbischforalwaysbeingthere.
Finally,forbeingsomeofmyfavouritepeopleandfortheirconstantsupport,I
thankBella,Kai,Marie,Ronja,andespeciallymypartner,Sebastian.Ialsothank
myfamily,particularlymyparents,whosupportedmeinsomanyways,andmy
sister,who—somehow—managestomakeeverythingfeelalittlelessdaunting.
Vienna,27February2022
Contents
ListofIllustrations viii
ListofTables ix
ListofAbbreviations x
1. Introduction:JurisdictionalOverlapinDataGovernance 1
2. TheorizingtheResolutionofJurisdictionalConflicts 17
3. Value Orders and the Genesis of the Field of Data
Governance 51
4. SafeHarbourandItsDiscontents:TheEmpowermentof
IndividualsintheEU 77
5. PassengerDatainAirTravel:EstablishingDataasa
Security‘Tool’ 104
6. FinancialDataSharing:TheExtendedArmoftheUS
Treasury 129
7. AccessDenied?StrugglesoverElectronicEvidence 152
8. TheRighttoBeForgotten:MoralHierarchiesofFairness 174
9. Conclusion:NormativeVisionsacrossJurisdictional
Conflicts 196
Appendix1: ListofInterviews 221
Appendix2: MAXQDAAdditionalMaterial 222
References 229
Index 278
List of Illustrations
2.1. Jurisdictionalconflictresolutionprocesses 31
9.1. Visualizationofcodeco-occurrenceacrosscases 198
A.2.1. Visualizationofcodeco-occurrence(excludinggeneralsafeguards)inthe
empiricalcasestudies 227
A.2.2. Visualizationofcodeco-occurrence(within10paragraphs)inthe
empiricalcasestudies 228
List of Tables
2.1. Keytextsfortheconstitutionofthefield 42
2.2. Selectedcases 46
3.1. Substantivevalueordersindatagovernance 59
3.2. Proceduralvalueordersindatagovernance 60
9.1. Visionsofdatagovernance(adaptedfromObendiek2022) 200
9.2. Jurisdictionalconflictresolutionprocessesacrosscases 207
