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The Regulation of Digital Technologies in the EU: Act-ification, GDPR Mimesis and EU Law Brutality at Play

The Regulation of Digital Technologies in the EU: Act-ification, GDPR Mimesis and EU Law Brutality at Play

Author: Vagelis Papakonstantinou; Paul De Hert
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032614441

Published In: March 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781032630151

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EU regulatory initiative on technology-related topics has spiked over the past few years. On the basis of its Priorities Programme focusing on making Europe fit for the Digital Age, the EU Commission has been busy releasing new texts aimed at regulating a number of technology topics, data uses, online platforms, cyber-security and artificial intelligence.

This book identifies three phenomena which are common to all EU digital technologies-relevant regulatory initiatives: act-ification, GDPR mimesis and regulatory brutality. These three phenomena serve as indicators or early signs of a new European technology law-making paradigm that by now seems ready to emerge. They divulge new-found confidence on the part of the EU digital technologies legislator, who has by now asserted for itself the right to form policy options and create new rules in the field for all of Europe.

Bringing together an analysis of the regulatory initiatives for management of technology topics in the EU for the first time, this book will be of interest to academics, policy makers and practitioners, offering an overview of new digital technologies’ regulatory initiatives that will spark academic and policy-making interest and discussion.

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

1. Introduction

Part I: The Change of Paradigm in the EU’s Regulation of Digital Technologies: ‘Act-ification’ at Play

2. Popular Names instead of Alphanumeric Titles for EU Laws Regulating Digital Technologies

3. The Titles of EU Legal Acts

4. Is Act-ification Useful?

Part II: ‘GDPR Mimesis’ in (all?) EU Regulatory Initiatives related to Digital Technologies

5. ‘GDPR Mimesis’: Has the Success of the GDPR Dulled the EU Legislator’s Imagination?

6. The EU Data Protection Model and its Eembodiment in the GDPR

7. Is GDPR Mimesis Useful for the Regulation of Digital Technologies?

Part III: The ‘Brutality’ of EU Legislation on New Digital Technologies