ABSTRACT This article considers the notion of individual control of personal data as envisaged by the European data protection framework and makes the argument that it is a poorly-understood and under-developed concept, but that our understanding of it may be improved by way of analyses and comparisons with the doctrine of moral rights, an important constituent element of intellectual property law. The article starts by examining the concept of personal data itself, and why an enhanced level of individual control over personal data is thought to be a desirable regulatory objective. Following this, the article examines the scholarly literature pertaining to individual control of personal data, as well as a range of relevant EU policy documents. Having done so, the article argues that the notion of control is muddled and confused from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Following this, the article considers the doctrine of moral rights, and through an exploration of its theoretical and practical elements highlights why it may be of assistance in terms of enhancing our understanding of individual control in the data protection context.

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精神权利学说能否用作理解数据保护法中控制概念的基础？

摘要本文考虑了欧洲数据保护框架所设想的个人数据的个人控制概念，并认为这是一个理解不足和发展不足的概念，但我们可以通过分析来提高对它的理解以及与作为知识产权法重要组成部分的精神权利学说的比较。本文首先研究了个人数据本身的概念，以及为什么人们认为增强对个人数据的个人控制水平是理想的监管目标。在此之后，本文研究了与个人数据的个人控制有关的学术文献，以及一系列相关的欧盟政策文件。这样做了之后，文章认为，从理论和实践的角度来看，控制的概念都是混乱的。在此之后，本文考虑了精神权利的学说，并通过对其理论和实践要素的探索，强调了为什么它可能有助于增强我们对数据保护背景下个人控制的理解。