《个人信息保护法》“守门人条款”解析

Analysis of the “Gatekeeper Clause” of the Personal Information Protection Law

传统守门人存在于社会生活不同领域,通过履行第三方义务承担各种把关职责,构成治理体系的重要环节。平台经济能够迅速发展,得益于避风港原则免除平台第三方义务。随着超级平台利用数据优势阻碍竞争现象的加剧,各国近几年来开始建立数字守门人制度,对守门人数据活动进行监管。传统守门人与数字守门人差别巨大,我国《个人信息保护法》守门人条款将两种意义上的守门人融入一炉,既有特点,也对实施提出各种挑战。

Traditional gatekeepers exist in different fields of social life. They undertake various gatekeeping duties by fulfilling third-party obligations and constitute an important part of the governance system. The rapid development of the platform economy benefits from the safe harbor principle exempting platforms from third-party obligations. As super platforms take advantage of data to hinder competition, countries have begun to establish digital gatekeeper systems in recent years to supervise gatekeeper data activities. There is a huge difference between traditional gatekeepers and digital gatekeepers. The gatekeeper clause of our country’s Personal Information Protection Law integrates gatekeepers in two senses into one, which has both characteristics and challenges to implementation.