Die Biodaten des Menschen

摘要

Property rights on human body parts and property titles on human bio-data are often discussed under the heading of the ‘commercialization of the human body’. The author describes the structure of the discussion on data protection and compares the legal situation of a number of models on questions of property-, usage-, and disposal-rights in the area of bio-data. The protagonists in these models are the individual or collectively-organized data donors and those who collect and evaluate the data (scientists, public authorities, doctors, private companies). How do these persons and organizations take part in the processes of extracting use and value from this data? A historical excursus shows how the current situation has come to be a situation in which bio-data are so attractive and desirable for all parties. In the end, some of the major characteristics of this data are summarized.