If Europe wishes to assert itself as a hub in the digital economy – it must undertake the responsibility of spreading digital literacy and become a source of knowledge creation and innovation. This digital culture goes beyond research and education, and entails embracing a multidisciplinary approach that combines hard and social sciences.

Since Adrien Basdevant's essay on society, algorithm and the rule of law "L'Empire des données" has not been translated yet, we wanted to present some of the topics raised in this book, using extracts of a previous interview led by Mr. Louis Armengaud Wurmser.

Every microsecond, personal data are being collected, processed and exchanged. But who does it belong to? Individuals, States, platforms, brokers...?