Legal, economic, and political reasons for individual ownership of user-held data. — “Data” and “privacy” are among the most frequently used buzzwords nowadays. Contact tracking, surveillance, and data usage have been subjects of many debates among policymakers, economists, and consumer rights advocates. One of the most prominent debates revolves around answering a key question: who should own personal data and data that…

On February 23, 2022, the EU Commission published a proposal for the European Data Act. This Act aims to strengthen the EU’s position in the global technology market by opening up data to boost innovation. The Data Act will apply to the manufacturers of IoT devices and connected products and services and will likely establish path-breaking rules to stifle the data “aftermarket” in the EU and beyond.

Liberty. Equality. Data. Podcast Episode #9 with Zededa’s CTO Roman Shaposhnik and Jason Shepherd — In this ninth episode of the Liberty. Equality. Data. podcast, we invited Roman Shaposhnik and Jason Shepherd from Zededa — two heavyweights working on edge computing of data. We talk about why edge computing is important, how it unlocks different use-cases, and the new approach to data and trust (“trust…

Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3. — Authors of this post: Mark D. Fenwick and Paulius Jurcys. The Rift Over Web3 The week before Christmas was disrupted by a controversy in Silicon Valley over the future of the internet. Prominent tech founders and venture capitalists (VCs) argued about the meaning and implications of web3, a vague concept hinting at a possible…

The future of health is about you and your data: intelligent sensors that capture health and wellness data are all around us. They not only track our heart rate night and day or give us the most accurate sleep data. Such data help find out that when you’ve been feeling unwell even before you do. Sounds great! But how do you get access to it? What are the ways to get more value from it? — The Rise of Subscription-Based Data Models

Data transfers between EU and US is one of the most painful challenges for global tech companies after the Schrems II case. Let’s take a look at two major developments in data technology space that should make us all feel optimistic about the future. — Tearing Down the Iron Curtain for Data “Without merit” — proclaimed Amazon after receiving the biggest ever GDPR fine in history for its personal data practices. If expressed in numbers, the gravity of violations was determined to be $888 million (746 million-euro).