APIs and Privacy in the European Legal Context : [...]
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Study of 4,000+ API Terms of Service uses NLP on ~2,800 downloaded documents to compare structure, legal references and market practices. Finds 40% omit the word "API", common clause set (governing law, liability, termination), GDPR is the most-cited regulation, and 25 distinct privacy laws appear. Readability is poor (definitions missing in ~80%); 35.7% allow unilateral termination, creating discontinuity risks for data-value chains and innovation.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 4:56Exploratory legal empirics: what is there?
- 5:58Analysis of API Terms of Service
- 6:28Methodology
- 7:11Homogeneity of Tos
- 10:56Compliance with governing laws
- 13:01Governing laws categories
- 13:52Privacy and data subject rights
- 16:09Jurisdiction Are jurisdiction causes a legal barrier to innovation?
- 17:03Cooperation and/or fair competition
- 19:27Work in progress...
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