Data subject rights as a research methodology: a systematic literature review

Adamu Adamu Habu*, Tristan Henderson

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Data subject rights provide data controllers with obligations that can help with transparency, giving data subjects some control over their personal data. To date, a growing number of researchers have used these data subject rights as a methodology for data collection in research studies. No one, however, has gathered and analysed different academic research studies that use data subject rights as a methodology for data collection. To this end, we conducted a systematic literature review that searched, compiled, and analysed 32 academic studies that use data subject rights as a data collection method. We find that the right of access is the most commonly-used data subject right by researchers, most studies are interested in measuring data subject rights compliance, and that a variety of difficulties exist in conducting research studies with data subject rights. We conclude that researchers should explore other data subject rights for alternative purposes, ease the process of exercising data subject rights, and improve the scalability of these studies.
Original languageEnglish
Article number100070
JournalJournal of Responsible Technology
Volume16
Early online date14 Oct 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023

Keywords

  • Data protection
  • Data subject rights
  • Research methodology
  • Systematic literature review

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