Preliminary Study On The Right To Data Portability

Since the General Data Protection Regulation has been released in 2016, the right to data portability has been heatedly debated. As a new data right, the right to data portability is not accidentally emerged but is generated through the process of establishing the theory of data self-determination and the practice of number portability. This paper examined the right to data portability from three aspects: data, portability and rights, and after theoretical analysis, it revealed the essence of the right to data portability as well as its advantages and disadvantages. Combining with the current social situation in China, it concluded that it is immature to introduce the right to data portability to China at present and more studies on the internal mechanism of this right are needed.