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Law, Governance and Technology Series 38 Florent Thouvenin · Peter Hettich Herbert Burkert · Urs Gasser Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age Law, Governance and Technology Series Volume 38 Serieseditors PompeuCasanovas,Barcelona,Spain GiovanniSartor,Florence,Italy The Law-Governance and Technology Series is intended to attract manuscripts arising from an interdisciplinary approach in law, artificial intelligence and infor- mationtechnologies.TheideaistobridgethegapbetweenresearchinITlawandIT applicationsforlawyersdevelopingaunifyingtechno-legalperspective.Theseries willwelcomeproposalsthathaveafairlyspecificfocusonproblemsorprojectsthat willleadtoinnovativeresearchchartingthecoursefornewinterdisciplinarydevel- opments in law, legal theory, and law and society research as well as in computer technologies, artificial intelligence and cognitive sciences. In broad strokes, manu- scripts for this series may be mainly located in the fields of the Internet law (data protection,intellectual property, Internetrights, etc.), Computational models ofthe legal contents and legal reasoning, Legal Information Retrieval, Electronic Data Discovery, CollaborativeTools (e.g. Online Dispute Resolution platforms), Meta- data and XML Technologies (for Semantic Web Services), Technologies in Courtrooms and Judicial Offices (E-Court), Technologies for Governments and Administrations (E-Government), Legal Multimedia, and Legal Electronic Institu- tions(Multi-AgentSystemsandArtificialSocieties). Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttp://www.springer.com/series/8808 (cid:129) (cid:129) Florent Thouvenin Peter Hettich (cid:129) Herbert Burkert Urs Gasser Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age And with Individual Contributions from Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Christine Abbt, Nikos Askitas, Mark Schelker, Christine Benesch, Matthias Klemm, Melinda Sebastian & Wesley Shumar, Johannes Ullrich, Christoph Graf, and Domenico Salvati FlorentThouvenin PeterHettich UniversityofZurich UniversityofSt.Gallen Zurich,Switzerland St.Gallen,Switzerland HerbertBurkert UrsGasser UniversityofSt.Gallen BerkmanKleinCenterforInternet&Society St.Gallen,Switzerland HarvardUniversity Cambridge,MA,USA ISSN2352-1902 ISSN2352-1910 (electronic) Law,GovernanceandTechnologySeries ISBN978-3-319-90229-6 ISBN978-3-319-90230-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90230-2 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2018942644 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG,partofSpringerNature2018 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthe materialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation, broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionorinformation storageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology nowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface The following volume is the result of an interdisciplinary research project that has beencarriedoutjointlybytheResearchCenterforInformationLaw(FIR-HSG)at the University of St. Gallen, the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at HarvardUniversity, and the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL)attheUniversityofZurich.Thisextraordinaryendeavor,culminatinginthe present volume, was made possible by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation.Wegraciouslyacknowledgetheirsupport. Theprojectunderlyingthisvolumeconsistedessentiallyoffourstages.First,two doctoral students carried out a comprehensive analysis of the Swiss legal system. Thisanalysispermittedtheidentificationoftheregulatoryconceptsthatarecurrently appliedinregulatingrememberingandforgetting.Second,thesenormativeconcepts werepresentedataninitialinternationalandinterdisciplinaryworkshopthatbrought together researchers from different fields such as computer science, mathematics, psychology, philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, communications, eco- nomics, ethics, and law. At this workshop, we primarily discussed individual and collectivefunctionsandmechanismsofrememberingandforgetting.Inaddition,we soughttoanalyzetheimpactofinformationtechnologyonindividualandcollective memory and the respective changes that have emerged in society. Third, the very richanddiverseinsightsfromtheworkshopwereassessedbytheresearchteam.Ata later stage, and with these insights in mind, each member of the research team draftedanindividualanalyticalpaperinwhichheorsheproposedpossiblereactions fromthelegalsystemtothechallengesidentifiedatthefirstworkshop.Fourth,some ofthepreliminaryfindingsthathadbeenproposedintheanalyticalpapersservedas a starting point for a second interdisciplinary workshop that—again—brought together researchers from diverse fields. At this second workshop, we chiefly focused on the question of what policy-makers must take into account when regulating remembering and forgetting. In addition, we strove to identify the most important pressure points, i.e., the areas where an intervention by the legislature is mostneeded.Lastbutnotleast,wediscussedwhichinterventionmechanismswere availablewithrespecttoeachofthenormativeconceptsthathadbeenidentifiedand v vi Preface ifadditionalmechanismsmightbeneeded.Theultimategoaloftheresearchproject was to create a design guide that would provide guidelines on how to best handle remembering and forgetting of (personally identifiable) information in a legal framework. On the basis of our analyses and insights gained from the two work- shops, an initial version of a design guide was presented in the online journal Information Research. The final version appears here as the conclusion to this volume. Numerous individuals contributed to the development and realization of this volume, including the attendees of the two expert workshops mentioned above. In addition to the interdisciplinary perspectives, the following authors contributed to the production of this volume: The Introduction was provided by Urs Gasser and Herbert Burkert. The chapter concerning legal framework was penned by Florent Thouvenin, Patrick Eggimann, and Rehana Harasgama. Florent Thouvenin, Peter Hettich, Barbara Kaiser, Nicole Ritter, Katharina Dyck, and Nicola Orlando pro- vided the chapter on technological developments, with the part on mobile internet drawingfromRolfAufderMauerandThomasSteiner’sinsightfulgroundwork.The design guide is a collaborative production between Florent Thouvenin, Herbert Burkert,PeterHettich,andRehanaHarasgama.Inadditiontoactingascopyeditor fortheentirevolume,JamesM.Thurmanalsoprovidedsubstantialcontributionsto the chapters on technological developments and legal lramework. Damian George acted as copy editor and produced the introduction to the interdisciplinary perspectives. All contributors have our heartfelt gratitude for their efforts in making this publication possible. Unless indicated otherwise, literature and case law were con- sidereduntilendof2016. Zurich,Switzerland FlorentThouvenin St.Gallen,Switzerland PeterHettich Cologne,Germany HerbertBurkert Cambridge,MA,USA UrsGasser 2018 Content Overview PartI Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PartII NormativeConceptsofInformationManagement. . . . . . . . . . 15 PartIII TechnologicalDevelopments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 PartIV InterdisciplinaryPerspectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 1 Remembering(to)Delete:ForgettingBeyondInformational Privacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 ViktorMayer-Schönberger 2 Forgetting:InaDigitalGlasshouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 ChristineAbbt 3 OntheInterplayBetweenForgettingandRemembering. . . . . . . . . . . 135 NikosAskitas 4 OntheEconomicsofRememberingandForgetting intheDigitalAge. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 148 MarkSchelker 5 APoliticalEconomicAnalysisofTransparencyinaDigitalWorld. . . . 161 ChristineBenesch 6 DigitalizationandSocialIdentityFormation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 MatthiasKlemm 7 TheDigitalAgeandtheSocialImaginary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 MelindaSebastianandWesleyShumar 8 TheRoleofTemporalConstrualinOnlinePrivacyBehaviors. . . . . . . 199 JohannesUllrich vii viii ContentOverview 9 RememberingPrevailsOverForgetting:ArchivingofPersonal DataintheAnalogandintheDigitalAge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 ChristophGraf 10 Longevity:RememberingandForgettingPersonalMemories. . . . . . . 216 DomenicoSalvati PartV DesignGuide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Contents PartI Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1Overview,Purpose,andScope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2Structure,Contents,andKeyIssues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3FutureDirections. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 12 PartII NormativeConceptsofInformationManagement. . . . . . . . . . 15 1Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2OverarchingProvisionsofSwissLaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.1TheSwissFederalActonDataProtection(FADP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.2TheFederalActonFreedomofInformation intheAdministration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2.3TheFederalActonArchiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3Preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3.1Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3.1.1GeneralRemarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3.1.2IllustrationBasedonSelectedExamples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.2Design. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3.2.1GeneralRemarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3.2.2IllustrationBasedonSelectedExamples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4Deletion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.1Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.1.1GeneralRemarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.1.2IllustrationBasedonSelectedExamples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4.2Design. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.2.1GeneralRemarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.2.2IllustrationBasedonSelectedExamples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ix
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