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59 B.C. L. Rev. 423 (2018)
Commodifying Consumer Data in the Era of the Internet of Things

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    COMMODIFYING CONSUMER DATA IN

    THE ERA OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS



                            STACY-ANN ELVY

INTRODUCTION                ........................................................... 424
I. THE IOT DATA GOLD RUSH                ......................................................435
  A. Biometric, Health, and Highly Sensitive Data..............            ......................... 435
  B. IoTPrivacy Policies................  ....................... ........... 439
  C. Consumer Harms & Risks....          ............................................... 448
     1. Consensual Disclosures and Data Analytics ..................... .......449
     2. Non-Consensual Disclosures and Data Breaches. ........................452
     3. Non-Consensual Disclosures and Initial Data Collectors      ..............         ......455
II. DATA TRANSFERS & CoMMERCIAL REGIMES  ...................................456
  A. Article 9 of the UCC ...................... 457
  B. Data Ownership vs. Rights in the Data......................... ............ 463
  C. Bankruptcy Implications             ..................................................... 472
III. PRIVACY FRAMEWORKS                         .................................................. 475
  A. BAPCPA ........................................................... 475
  B. The FTCA & FTC Intervention          ..................................................... 483
  C. Biometric Data Statutes           .................................................... 488
  D. HIPAA ....    ......................................................... 496
IV. PATHS FORWARD....................................................... 500
  A. Transfer & Assignment Restrictions........................................50
     1. Separate State Statutes........................  ..................504
     2. Article 9 Amendments..........................................505
     3. Bankruptcy Code Amendments....................................511
     4. Criticisms of Transfer & Assignment Restrictions........................512
  B. Require CPOs in Article 9 Foreclosures.....................................518
  C. Require CPOs in All Bankruptcy Transfers...................................520
CONCLUSION      ............................................................. 522














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