Fjeld, Achten, Hilligoss, Nagy, Srikumar write, “Control over the use of data” as a principle stands for the notion that data subjects should have some degree of influence over how and why information about them is used. Certain other principles under the privacy theme, including “consent,” “ability to restrict processing,” “right to rectification,” and “right to erasure” can be thought of as more specific instantiations of the control principle since they are mechanisms by which a data subject might exert control. Perhaps because this principle functions as a higher-level articulation, many of the documents we coded under it are light in the way of definitions for “control.”
Citation
Fjeld, Jessica, Nele Achten, Hannah Hilligoss, Adam Nagy, and Madhulika Srikumar. “Principled Artificial Intelligence: Mapping Consensus in Ethical and Rights-Based Approaches to Principles for AI.” Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Research Publication No. 2020-1. January 15, 2020.
