经济学视野下的隐私问题简析

Analysis of Privacy from the Perspective of Economics

随着数字经济时代的到来,隐私保护问题越来越受到社会的关注。经济学是探讨隐私和个人数据问题的有力工具。从20世纪60年代开始,经济学家就对隐私问题进行了很多的探讨。围绕着隐私的概念、隐私保护的性质、针对隐私保护的政策等问题开展了激烈争论。从20世纪90年代开始,经济学对于隐私的讨论逐渐转移到数字经济领域,聚焦分析数字经济企业对于个人信息采集和利用的成本与收益。在这些讨论的基础上,建立一个关于隐私问题的成本—收益分析框架已经成为可能,这一框架可以有效地应用于对隐私保护问题的政策讨论。以成本和收益的分析思维出发,根据具体的技术条件和产业发展状况,对隐私及个人信息保护政策进行有效调整。

With the arrival of the era of digital economy,the issue of privacy protection has been paid more and more attention by the society.Economics is a powerful tool for exploring privacy and personal data issues.Since the 1960s,economists have discussed a lot about the issue of privacy.There has been a heated debate around the concept of privacy,the nature of privacy protection,privacy protection policies and other issues.Since the 1990s,the discussion of privacy in economics has gradually shifted to the field of digital economy,focusing on the costs and benefits of enterprises in digital economy for the collection and use of personal information.On the basis of these discussions,it has become possible to establish a cost-benefit analysis framework on privacy issues,which can be effectively applied to policy discussions on privacy protection issues.Based on the analytical thinking of costs and benefits,privacy and personal information protection policies are effectively adjusted according to specific technical conditions and industrial development.