[MyData & Open Data] Data Subject = Data Controller - is it common?

[stef]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 05:59:25PM +0200, Antti Jogi Poikola wrote:
> recently I have learned about couple of Finnish digital services (one
> related to personal finances and other to personal consumption), where the
> juridical arrangement was such that the service provider was not considered
> data controller, but only data processor who worked on behalf of the
> individual who was at the same time data subject and data controller.
> 
> Is this common practice - do you know any cases?
> How does this impact to individuals rights over his own data?

this is a legal loophole. we have similar here in hungary, if challenged in a
court is would not hold i think.

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