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17 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 315 (2015-2016)
Regime Change? Enabling Big Data through Europe's New Data Protection Regulation

handle is hein.journals/cstlr17 and id is 315 raw text is: REGIME CHAAGE? THE COLUMBIA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LAW REVIEW VOL. XVII STLR.ORG SPRING 2016 ARTICLE REGIME CHANGE? ENABLING BIG DATA THROUGH EUROPE'S NEW DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONf Viktor Mayer-Schbnberger* & Yann Padovao The European Union hasjust passed the most comprehensive overhaul o fits privacy laws in two decades. The so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brings numerous changes. In this Article we look at how the GDPR will impact, enable or restrict the use of Big Data in Europe. We look at three distinct privacy aspects of Big Data. while collection sees a tightening of regulation through the GDPR, theprinciples ofpurpose limitation and retention minimization offer a mixed view, including a rather surprising avenue that could permit Big Data applications at a much larger scale than today. We conclude in evaluating whether this exception, that provides some room for manoeuver for member states, will be sufficient for Big Data to flourish, and what issues remain to be addressed Introduction ..................................................................................... 317 I. Big Data and its Defining Qualities ....................................... 318 II. Big Data under the DPD: The Classical Approach .............. 320 III. Big Data under the GDRP ..................................................... 323 A . Repurposing purpose ................................................... 325 t This Article may be cited as http://www.stlr.org/ cite.cgi?volume=1 7&article=SchonbergerPadova. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. * Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, University of Oxford. Former Secretary General of the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), now Commissioner with the French Energy Regulator (CRE). 2016]

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