I have a somewhat similar solution: Personal information should be automatically "copyrighted" by the owner of the information. Not literally, but the legal fr

I have a somewhat similar solution: Personal information should be automatically "copyrighted" by the owner of the information. Not literally, but the legal framework would be very similar to copyright. Any third party that wants to use private information for any purpose must get explicit consent from the data subject, for example, by paying them for a year-long limited license to use the personal information for certain purposes only. There could be certain privacy rights that it would be illegal to contract away, so perhaps it is not legal for a company to sell personal data to third parties -- if they want the data, they have to contract with the data subject themselves. This framework would support "data co-ops" or "data unions" that collectively represent groups of data subjects and bargain on their behalf. There are some complications and drawbacks to my proposal, for example, lots of private information involves multiple parties and they would have to somehow negotiate. But something along these lines would really help put the power back on the other foot.