Datafication, Identity, and the Reorganization of the Category Individual

BKC Affiliate Juan Ortiz Freuler proposes a framework for understanding how current technological developments are putting pressure on our existing conceptions of the individual and individual rights.

“Since datafication is typically leveraged to segment and group, it is likely that such groupings will become increasingly relevant, perhaps at the expense of the notion of the individual, which might become just another collection of varied characteristics.”

Read more in Temple Law Review.