摘要
【Abstract】Notwithstanding its many agreeable benefits, the sharing economy has presented numerous negative externalities and policy challenges. Foremost among these is the abuse of users' privacy, which is enabled by the capture of vast troves of data by sharing economy platforms. As humankind confronts the frontier of generative artificial intelligence, examining how privacy harms have been articulated and addressed in the context of ridesharing is a beneficial exercise and one that can be enhanced by looking beyond U.S. borders. This Article, therefore, uses a functionalist comparative law methodology to examine the regulation of ridesharing platforms concerning user data in the United States and China, and to reveal actionable insights for policymakers. Following a primer on comparative law methodology, the Article integrates Chinese‐ and English‐language primary and secondary sources to compare the ridesharing data regulations of China and the United States along their institutional and substantive dimensions. We argue that China has effectively utilized the benefits of its federalist structure by promulgating a floor of data privacy regulations at the national level that enables local regulators to address local realities while also preserving the incentives to innovate that are so important for technology firms. We suggest that a national regulatory floor would also promote consistency and innovation in the United States and would similarly enable regulators to speedily and efficiently respond to market failures in fast‐paced technology sectors. We also argue that the utilization of technology to enhance the regulatory oversight of technology firms would behoove the United States, though perhaps with the addition of certain guardrails that do not exist in the Chinese legal environment.
摘要译文
【摘要】尽管有许多可喜的好处，但共享经济带来了许多负面的外部性和政策挑战。其中最重要的是滥用用户的隐私，这是通过共享经济平台来捕获大量数据来实现的。当人类面对生成人工智能的前沿时，研究了在乘车共享背景下如何阐明和解决隐私危害是一种有益的练习，并且可以通过超越美国边界来增强这种锻炼。因此，本文使用功能主义的比较法方法来检查有关美国和中国用户数据的乘车共享平台的调节，并揭示了对决策者的可行见解。在有关比较法方法的入门后，本文将中文和英语的初级和次要来源整合在一起，以比较中国和美国的乘法数据法规沿其机构和实质性维度进行比较。我们认为，中国通过在国家一级的数据隐私法规上颁布一层，使当地监管机构能够解决当地现实，同时还保留了对技术公司非常重要的创新激励措施，从而有效地利用了其联邦主义结构的好处。我们建议，国家监管层也将促进美国的一致性和创新，并同样能够使监管机构能够迅速有效地应对快速步伐的技术领域的市场故障。我们还认为，技术来增强对技术公司的监管监督的利用将使美国应应，尽管也许增加了某些在中国法律环境中不存在的护栏。
Abbey Stemler [1];Justin W. Evans [2];Carrie Shu Shang [3];. Data privacy and the regulation of ridesharing platforms[J]. American Business Law Journal, 2025,62(2): 117-139