Anouk Ruhaak argues that the principle of 'informed consent' is dead. If one person gives consent, many people are affected. Also, it's unlikely anyone is truly 'informed' when they give consent. Finally, as we in the field of education should know well, "consent is meaningless without the ability to opt out." Instead, Ruhaak argues for an alternative, collective consent, in which our rights are managed by "a fiduciary, someone with a legal responsibility to look out for your interest, rather than their own." This would not, of course, eliminate the problem of breach of trust. But it could at least make it illegal, and we could imagine a new helping profession emerge, a 'data manager', with obligations similar to those of a lawyer, accountant, or doctor.
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