Inourinterconnectedworld,digitaldataturnintoacentralpoliticalissue.Theyaresimultaneouslyimportanttoolsforsecurityagencies,avaluableeconomicresourceforbusinesses,andtheyhavecrucialrelevanceforindividual’srights.Asmultipleactorsextendclaimsoftheirlegitimatecontrol,conflictsemerge.DataGovernance:ValueOrdersandJurisdictionalConflictsarguesthatsuchconflictsaboutthecollection,transfer,andsharingofdigitaldatahaveanunderestimated-andundertheorized-normativedimension.Thebooksuggeststhat,whilepublicandprivateactorsareunitedbytheassumptionthatthegovernanceofdataismeaningfulinthepursuitofsocietalgoals,theyhaveconflictingvisionsofwhatitispreciselythatdatagovernanceshouldachieveoravoid,and,infact,whatdataactuallyare.Thebookoffersaninnovativeconceptualandempiricalframework-embeddedininternationalpoliticalsociology-toanalyseandassessoverlappingclaimsoflegitimatecontroloverdata.Fivecasestudiesprovideanin-depthperspectiveoncentralconflictsbetweenthemajorregulatorypowers,theEuropeanUnion,theUnitedStates,andprivatetechcompanies.DataGovernancetracespatternsofchangeandcontinuityinthedisputesaboutthetransatlanticcommercialdataagreements,counterterroristdatasharinginairtravelandfinance,lawenforcementaccesstoelectronicevidence,anddataremovalundertherighttobeforgotten.Itshowsthatthecentralnormativequestionsattheheartoftheseconflictsremainremarkablystableovertime.Actorsaretornbetweencompetinggoalsofprioritizingsecurity,economicprogress,orindividualrights,andtheyfacechoicesbetweenexercisingtheirsovereigntyandenablingglobalcooperation.Asagrowingnumberofcountriesadoptdatagovernanceprovisions,thisbookoffersafreshperspectivetocapturethecompetingsocietalvisionsatplay.
