User consent does not extend to background data aggregation through app APIs

Evidence

Even when we choose to install apps such as Foursquare and thus share data about where we are, the background data aggregation that goes on through Foursquare’s API is largely outside end-user control. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 517

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the gap between ‘voluntary sharing’ and ‘background aggregation’ — a key distinction data colonialism depends on.
• XREF: connects to: Apps collect data beyond user control while framing collection as enhanced experience — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 517; A single app accessed profiles of tens of millions without consent — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 872; Platform data sharing ruined personal moments without consent — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 149 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A single app accessed profiles of tens of millions without consent #exemplifies (0.92) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 872
• Platform data sharing ruined personal moments without consent #exemplifies (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 149
• Data appropriation threatens the minimal space of the self #expands (0.72) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 75