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Author Kokas, Aynne, 1979- author.

Title Trafficking data : how China is winning the battle for digital sovereignty / Aynne Kokas
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 335 pages) : illustrations, map
Summary "Trafficking Data argues that the movement of human data across borders for political and financial gain is disenfranchising consumers, eroding national autonomy, and destabilizing sovereignty. Focusing on the United States and China, it traces how US government leadership failures, Silicon Valley’s disruption fetish, and Wall Street’s addiction to growth have yielded an unprecedented opportunity for Chinese firms to gather data in the United States and quietly send it back to China and, by extension, to the Chinese government. Such “data trafficking,” as the book names this insidious phenomenon, is enabled by the competing governance models of the world’s two largest economies: mass government data aggregation in China and impenetrable corporate data management policies in the United States. China is stepping up its data trafficking efforts through national regulations, soft power persuasion, and tech investment, extending the scope of state control over domestic and international data and tech infrastructure, and thereby expanding its global influence. The United States, by contrast, is retreating from participation in foreign alliances, international organizations, and the systemic regulation of the tech industry—practices with the potential to counter data trafficking. Confronting data trafficking as the defining international competition of the twenty-first century, this book advocates for an alternative future of data stabilization. To stem data trafficking and stabilize data flows, it shows, policymakers can synthesize tools from across the private sector, public sector, multinational organizations, and consumers to protect users, secure national sovereignty, and establish valuable international standards"--Publisher's description
Analysis Data trafficking
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed on September 15, 2023)
Subject Data mining -- China
Data sovereignty -- United States
Data privacy.
Business intelligence -- China
Personal information management -- Political aspects -- China
Disclosure of information -- United States
Business intelligence
Data mining
Data privacy
Data sovereignty
Disclosure of information
China
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022024272
ISBN 9780197620533
0197620531
9780197620519
0197620515
0197620523
9780197620526
Other Titles How China is winning the battle for digital sovereignty