Conceptualizing privacy as information flow rules-in-use constructed within a commons governance arrangement, we adapt the Governing Knowledge Commons (GKC) framework to study the formal and informal governance of information flows. We incorporate Helen Nissenbaum’s “privacy as contextual integrity�? approach, defining privacy in terms of contextually appropriate flows of personal information. While Nissenbaum’s framework treats contextual norms as largely exogenous and emphasizes their normative valence, the GKC framework provides a systematic method to excavate personal information rules-in-use that actually apply in specific situations and interrogate governance mechanisms that shape rules-in-use. The GKC framework thus directs attention beyond information transmission principles to a broader spectrum of rules-in-use for personal information and supports consideration of procedural legitimacy. After discussing how the GKC framework can enrich privacy research, we explore empirical evidence for contextual integrity as governance within the GKC framework through meta-analysis of previous knowledge commons case studies, revealing three governance patterns within the observed rules-in-use for personal information flow. Though constrained by existing literature, our theoretical analysis provides strong justification for a new research agenda using the GKC framework to explore privacy as governance. We conclude by discussing potentia implications for policy-makers of viewing privacy through an information governance lens.

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隐私即共享：通过管理知识共享框架进行案例评估

将隐私概念化为在公地治理安排中构建的信息流使用规则，我们采用治理知识共享 (GKC) 框架来研究信息流的正式和非正式治理。我们将海伦·尼森鲍姆 (Helen Nissenbaum) 的“隐私作为上下文完整性”纳入其中？方法，根据上下文适当的个人信息流来定义隐私。尽管 Nissenbaum 的框架将上下文规范视为主要外生的并强调其规范效价，但 GKC 框架提供了一种系统方法来挖掘实际适用于特定情况的个人信息使用规则，并询问塑造使用规则的治理机制。因此，GKC 框架将注意力从信息传输原则转向更广泛的个人信息使用规则，并支持对程序合法性的考虑。在讨论了 GKC 框架如何丰富隐私研究之后，我们通过对先前知识共享案例研究的元分析来探索上下文完整性作为 GKC 框架内治理的经验证据，揭示了观察到的个人信息使用规则中的三种治理模式流。尽管受到现有文献的限制，我们的理论分析为使用 GKC 框架探索隐私作为治理的新研究议程提供了强有力的理由。最后，我们讨论了通过信息治理视角查看隐私对政策制定者的潜在影响。