Regulating 'Social Scores' in Data-Driven Societies

Abstract

This paper investigates the development of 'social scores' in three influential jurisdictions: the EU, the US and China. The paper contends that the legal and regulatory framework in which this practice takes place is a significant factor influencing potential successes as well as perils stemming from it. As such, the paper adopts a comparative approach, through a cross-case analysis introducing recent developments across the three influential jurisdictions in focus. In doing so, the paper seeks to identify common practices as well as differences in the development of an innovative practice with -- potentially -- far reaching consequences onto the lives of millions, irrespective of cultural, social and legal backgrounds. In this poster paper, the bases on which the paper stands from a contextual and legal-regulatory perspectives are presented.