Understanding MyData Operators focuses on practical aspects of technology and governance to make the operation of infrastructures for personal data easier and more human-centric, with the goal of establishing full interoperability between operators. For the white paper, the group studied examples of products, services and organisations that are in one way or another performing or supporting …
Our everything-digital era has made it easier to preserve every last scrap of information about our lives, but eventually, many of us will have to face the question of who really controls our photo albums, letters, diaries, and other personal mementoes stored in the cloud or on password-protected hard drives. As it is, tech companies …
Personal data presents a “privacy paradox,” where users’ concerns aren’t reflected in their behaviors. We need “digital agency” — the ability to own the rights to their personal data, manage access to this data and, potentially, be compensated fairly for such access. Why don’t users care enough to take actions that match their concerns? What …
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MyData is a human-centric and ethical approach to personal data, which aims at a far, sustainable, and prosperous digital society for all. In order to make this vision a reality, we believe three major paradigm shifts need to take place. We should be able effortlessly, seamlessly and instantaneously to exercise our digital rights when using digital …
The Personal Data & identity Working Group Members review what is happening in the sector and how they plan to help move the sector forward. On the the increasing requirement for the sharing of individual’s health data, Digi.Me’s clients are asking for: Single Source of Data – business don’t want the job of collating/aggregating/rating multiple …
“With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) going into effect on January 1, 2020, I think it’s timely to look at how digital natives may change the way we view data privacy altogether. Our collective attitude toward data privacy is changing as we learn more about how maintaining data privacy is both desirable and difficult. …
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“More than anything an effective data marketplace needs a mechanism that accounts for individual users’ privacy sensibilities, which are rooted in personal experience, identity, and specific context. The value of a piece of data changes dynamically based on one’s life situation and how that bit of data is combined with other data points to yield …
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“For all the consensus we have managed to build on the need for people to take control over their personal information, entrepreneurs around the world are still struggling to find a working business model that effectively replaces current “dirty data” practices.” The post presents 6 takes on Privacy Privacy as a fundamental, inalienable human right …
“Devices are cooling down as tech’s elite moves on to less tangible signifiers of wealth and luxury. As the majority of the U.S. arrives at a smartphone-saturated future, Silicon Valley is neck-deep in a backlash against it. Perhaps more than anyone else, those who work in technology are doing their best to back off in …
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