Categoría: Research
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‘Pay or okay’ and the Value of Personal Data
As a response to EU regulations (GDPR and DMA) Facebook proposed a paid subscription to Facebook and Instagram (by paying 9,99 €/month + 6€/month for each extra account of yours in Meta Account Center). These subscribers will enjoy ad-free services and Meta will not process their information for personalised advertising. From a legal perspective, there…
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ITU Panel on personal data usage
Excited to be participating next week in the Joint Workshop on Personal data usage: regulatory and economic aspects at the International Telecommunications Union. The event will take place at ITU’s headquarters in Geneva next Wednesday April 17th. Digital transformation processes and implementation of new and emerging ICTs, including AI/ML and Big Data, bring the importance…
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EU initiatives to unlock the value of data
Data and AI are becoming increasingly important for the economy. Even though predictions about the size of future data and AI markets differ [1,2,3,4], they are meant to act as tailwinds to propel economic growth in the coming decades [5]. AI sits on top of the value of data, both personal and non-personal. However, due…
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AI to Regulate AI
Executive Summary Data and data-driven services are having a profound impact on the economy. Most countries have long been regulating personal data protection, and the EU recently approved regulations to address the failures of data and digital service markets, such as competition, quality of system design, monitoring of high-risk AI systems, service interoperability, or the…
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Upcoming Talk at Plamadiso
Very honored and happy to be giving a talk together with Alba Ribera Martínez at Plamadiso (Platforms, Markets, and the Digital Society). Thanks very much to the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, and particularly to Dr. Volker Stocker for the invitation. We will present our recent blog post titled «Data Marketplaces and the Data…
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A first casual rehearsal before my dissertation
A first casual warm up presentation before my dissertation next Wednesday at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Campus Leganés (Sala de vídeo 3.S1.08, Rey Pastor Building) next May 10th at 11AM. Thanks to IMDEA Networks for a very nice venue and my colleagues Tianyue Chu, Devriş Işler, and Elisa Cabana for attending my talk and…
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Understanding the Price of Data in Commercial DMs @ ICDE23
Back home after IEEE ICDE Conference#ICDE23! Very grateful to the organizers and volunteers for their superb work. I presented our #research paper on «Understanding the price of #data in commercial data marketplaces» in the Special Research Track and joined a posterior discussion panel moderated by Mohan C. It was a truly exciting session that included very interesting papers and visions by Rihan Hai, Shubha…
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Personal Information in the context of the Digital Markets Act
«The EU can become a leading role model for a society empowered by data» (European Data Strategy) the DMA opens the door for the data of gatekeepers to be shared with third parties always with the end users’ consent. Regardless who takes the lead and the responsibility to implement its obligations, this regulation, as the…
Santiago Andrés Azcoitia 