Jul 2026· ICST Transactions on Scalable Information Systems· Vol 12· 0 citations· 26 references
TL;DR
The empirical analysis results show that the level of data security and privacy protection significantly and positively promotes the development of the distributed digital economy, with each unit increase leading to a 0.412 unit increase in the development index.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:The distributed digital economy, characterized by decentralization and cross-entity data flow, improves factor allocation efficiency but increasingly raises concerns over data security and privacy abuse.
Objectives
Unlike the conventional digital economy, which often centers on centralized platforms (e.g., e-commerce, cloud computing), the distributed digital economy in this paper specifically refers to an economic system where data—as a production factor—is stored, computed, and circulated across multiple independent nodes without a central coordinating authority, relying on technologies such as blockchain, distributed ledger, edge computing, and peer-to-peer networks. Its core governance features include decentralized data control, consensus-based verification, and peer-to-peer economic activities.
Methods
This paper studies data security and privacy protection in the distributed digital economy from two aspects: economic impact and governance mechanism. Based on panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2018 to 2023, this paper uses the entropy weight-TOPSIS method, a two-way fixed effects model, a mediation effect model, and a spatiotemporal heterogeneity model to empirically test the economic impact and transmission mechanism of data security and privacy protection on the distributed digital economy.
Results
The empirical analysis results show that the level of data security and privacy protection significantly and positively promotes the development of the distributed digital economy, with each unit increase leading to a 0.412 unit increase in the development index. Blockchain smart contracts, privacy computing standards, and cross-border data flow rules play significant mediating roles, accounting for 93.7% of the total mediating effect. This positive economic effect exhibits significant spatiotemporal differences, increasing year by year, and is significantly higher in the eastern region than in the central and western regions.
Conclusion
Based on empirical analysis results, optimization paths are proposed from four levels: collaborative governance, technology empowerment, regional balance, and institutional improvement, in order to improve the level of data security and privacy protection in the distributed digital economy.
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Abstract
India's shift towards digitally mediated governance has reshaped the citizen-administrative state dynamics. Biometric identity framework (Aadhaar), faceless assessment in the income tax administration, direct benefit transfer system and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 are expected to be efficient, leak-proof and targeted, but leave questions unanswered before the court. This article questions whether the digital governance ecosystem in India has sufficiently harmonized the efficiency of administration with the fundamental rights of privacy, equality of substantive rights, and procedural rights in Article 21, 14 and due process. The article uses the doctrinal approach to examine the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of India on 'informational privacy' and 'proportionality', as well as the statutory framework of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, the Information Technology Act, 2000, and Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023; and the administrative practice of algorithmic and automated decision-making in welfare and taxation. It believes that the judiciary has created a functional test of proportionality for privacy interests, but this test continues to be under-respected when it comes to algorithmic exclusion and automated adjudication, where reasoned decision making and meaningful review are often lacking. The article then envisions a calibrated approach that combines proportionality review with a compulsory duty of explaining algorithms and a system of independent institutional oversight, ensuring that enhanced efficiency in government does not sacrifice constitutionally protected rights.
Keywords: Right to privacy; Due Process; Digital Personal Data Protection Act; 2023; Keywords: digital governance; Aadhaar; algorithmic discrimination; administrative law
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