Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245341 
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2021
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[Journal:] Internet Policy Review [ISSN:] 2197-6775 [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-29
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Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper addresses how European policymakers have delegated the responsibility of protecting European values inside transnational data flows to private bodies acting as regulatory intermediaries. The paper uses a process-tracing methodology to argue that by accrediting private bodies to monitor codes of conduct and to assess conformity with certification schemes, policymakers have allowed enhanced self-regulation to exist in the shadow of European and national hierarchies. The paper process-traces how the two sub-regimes have evolved and then asks what the similarities and differences between the two sub-regimes are. The paper thereafter draws conclusions about how regulators can impact self-regulation that exists in their shadow through regulating via intermediaries instead of using direct modes of regulation.
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Data protection
Regulatory intermediares
Certification
Accreditation
Codes of conduct
Internet governance
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