Atmospheric profiling and surveillance in the Stratumseind Living Lab: Pushing the limits of identifiability

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Abstract

The goal of many smart city projects, at least in Europe, is not to man-
age individuals as such but to govern them as a multiplicity, a whole
sum of relationships between persons and the environment. For this
purpose, individuals need not be singled out and identified. Most of
the data collected within such smart city projects therefore does not
concern individuals as such. Coupled with the lack of clarity and the
inconsistency surrounding the notion and scope of personal data, this
situation leads to an uncertain and probabilistic nature not only of the
concept of identifiability but also of the regulation of such smart city
initiatives. This chapter explores how surveillance studies could inform
data protection law, particularly in relation to the notions of personal data
and identifiability. It does so by examining a concrete example of a smart
city initiative – the Stratumseind Living Lab in the Netherlands – both
through the lens of Foucault’s notion of security and data protection law.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe boundaries of data
Subtitle of host publicationTechnical, practical and regulatory perspectives
EditorsBart van der Sloot, Sascha van Schendel
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherAmsterdam University Press
Chapter8
Pages111-136
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)9789048557998
ISBN (Print)9789463729192
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Data protection
  • Smart city
  • Identifiability
  • Stratumseind Living Lab
  • Personal data

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