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Regulating Data Breaches: A Data Superfund Statute, Kyle Mckibbin
Regulating Data Breaches: A Data Superfund Statute, Kyle Mckibbin
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Collecting and processing large amounts of personal data has become a fundamental feature of the modern economy. Personal data, combined with good data analytics, are valuable to businesses as they can provide highly detailed information about individual preferences and behaviors. This data collection can also be valuable to the consumer as it generates innovative products and digital platforms. The era of big data promises great rewards, but it is not without its costs. Data breaches, or the release of personal data into unwanted hands, are pervasive and increasingly massive in scale. Despite the personal privacy harm caused by data breaches, …
Privacy Beyond Possession: Solving The Access Conundrum In Digital Dollars, Nerenda N. Atako
Privacy Beyond Possession: Solving The Access Conundrum In Digital Dollars, Nerenda N. Atako
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The advent of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) could reshape the US payments system. A retail CBDC would be a digital representation of the US dollar in the form of an account or token that is widely accessible to the general public. It would be a third form of US fiat money that is created and issued by the Federal Reserve and complementary to physical cash. CBDC proposals have suggested a myriad of retail CBDC design models with an overwhelming interest in a retail CBDC that either implements a centralized ledger system or some form of a distributed …