* [Crossing the Chasm for Privacy respecting Identity, MyData 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ol_XO2ZIc) *Presenters: Nat Sakimura, Sheila Warren. Host: Kristina Yasuda.
> 1. Accountable Digital Being2. Expressive Digital Being3. Fair Handling of personal data4. Right NOT to be forgotten5. Human Friendly6. Open, Interoperable, Leveraging Existing Infrastructure, and Tested7. Everyone Benefits
* [MyData Online Demo "Keep a Lifelog with Personium"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWm2j7AF6aU)
- Before: Your personal data stored separately in the silos of various domain services…
- After: Keep in one place and share easily. Then utilized by other apps and selectively disclosed to 3rd parties
* [6 reasons why you should run for MyData Leadership](https://mydata.org/2020/10/06/6-reasons-why-you-should-run-for-mydata-global-leadership-positions-in-the-elections-for-2021/).
* [MyData view on the leaked EU Data Governance Act, Nov 5th 2020](https://mydata.org/2020/11/06/towards-interconnected-and-human-centric-data-intermediaries/)
> pushing for needed changes to make it really work for a personal data ecosystem where people are empowered with their data.
* [Why 2021 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Regtech and data exchange](https://blog.digi.me/2021/03/16/why-2021-is-shaping-up-to-be-an-exciting-year-for-regtech-and-data-exchange/)
> Joanne stated the company’s aim is to extol the benefits of giving app developers rapid ability to create hyper-personalised services built on ethical data with ingrained consent controls and privacy-by-design principles. Crucially, a lot of ADX’s efforts are going into making it clear to fintechs and innovators that fundamental backend system services already exist, and are ready to be utilised to fast track new products and services into the market today, not in some mythical future.
* [MyData Weekly Digest for January 22nd, 2021](https://weekly-digest.ownyourdata.eu/en/weekly/2021-01-22)
> Welcome to the MyData Weekly Digest, a news site dedicated to producing the best coverage from within the human centred approach in personal data management. It provides information retrieved mainly from the MyData Global Slack Channel since June 2019.
* [Me2BA Claims Victory in Contest Over California Privacy Regulations](https://me2ba.org/me2ba-claims-victory-in-contest-over-california-privacy-regulations/)
> On March 15th, the AG’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved additional CCPA regulations promulgated by the Department of Justice. Notably, the Department withdrew its original language mandating the “Privacy Options” icon. In its place is new language making commercial use of the icons optional only. In other words, our stated concerns about the icons were well received, and ultimately adopted.
* [Here are five key takeaways – described in detail in the State of MyData 2021](https://mydata.org/2021/05/10/the-state-of-mydata-2021/)
1. MyData is highly relevant to the “big conversations” of our time.
2. Cities are becoming pioneers of MyData.
3. Design is fundamental to the success of the MyData paradigm.
4. The journey of interoperability is all about the dialogue between governance and standards.
5. What’s missing is as important as what’s there.
* [MyData Digital ethics](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CWxzYLbE5kupgQLKySMGmLhs86LBgd3qfL_eBkfGkGc/edit#slide=id.g7a4a7ea3ab_1_837)Antti 'Jogi' Poikola, Board Chair, MyData Global
* [Why storytelling is key to advancing the ethical use of personal data](https://blog.digi.me/2021/05/13/why-storytelling-is-key-to-advancing-the-ethical-use-of-personal-data/)
Johannes Ernst, CEO of Indie Computing and co-founder of MyData Silicon Valley, explains why in order to increase consumer trust in technology, we need more transparency on key issues such as privacy, and why a common narrative for the innovators in the space is crucial to advancing individual control over personal data.
* [Getting rewarded for your data becomes reality with new digi.me and Yorz collaboration](https://blog.digi.me/2021/05/11/monetising-data-becomes-reality-with-new-digi-me-and-yorz-collaboration/)
Yorz has partnerships with leading European payment processors and uses patented technology to automatically capture and make available till receipt data for users to share and monetise. They can also gather other valuable data from across their lives, including finance, health and social media, using digi.me’s personal data exchange platform. The Yorz marketplace enables consumers to choose to receive cash, discounts or tailored offers based on the data access they offer brands, leaving them firmly in control.
* [Shedding Light on Dark Patterns](https://me2ba.org/shedding-light-on-dark-patterns/)
The website above is a cool interactive webpage that was shared during the conference. A neat infographic called [How your phone is designed to grab your attention](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpDNVg4W4AE5PSX?format=jpg) is part of the interactive webpage. [There’s also a video](https://vimeo.com/425137575).
> In this edition we explore how social media and the web have changed the way we read information and react to it. We include our animations:
> - Trackography: You Never Read Alone
> - Serious Profiling: Have you been profiled yet?
> - Personal Data: Political Persuasion, Inside the Influence Industry, Whats for sale?
> - Living with Algorithms: Why should you care about algorithms?
### Clips from the conference
* [@mydataorg](https://twitter.com/mydataorg) shared some video clips from the conference in a few tweet threads:
- "20% of average family budget goes to mobility services. With better understanding through #MobilityData the costs and the CO2 impacts could be managed much easier,”[@Paultheyskens](https://twitter.com/mydataorg/status/1337448519771287552) #PersonalData is an important enabler of sustainable mobility in the future!
- Better use of #mobilitydata could empower also citizens with special needs to move easier. “When data starts to flow, we can build tailored mobility applications,” [says @Rafke from @info_vlaanderen](https://twitter.com/mydataorg/status/1337696101181353984)
- [@BeyerMalte explains](https://twitter.com/mydataorg/status/1337444748215406592) how to go from strategy to practice with the @EU_Commission's new #EUDataStrategy&#DataGovernanceAct and what is the role of trusted data intermediaries like #MyDataOperators.
- To share or not to share your personal data. Benefits include free service, better service or moral satisfaction. But the risk is manipulation, [Professor @MaxGrafenstein](https://twitter.com/mydataorg/status/1337448519771287552)
- There should be a way for our #data to gain value, be it in example monetary or ethical. So how valuable is “my data”? [@nlaout answers](https://twitter.com/mydataorg/status/1337453998748610560) the million(or billion)-dollar question
- A traditional implementation of creating trust concerning data use is cookies. However, it’s a “hell of a user experience”. Now we have the opportunity to build something completely different that really inspires and keeps trust! [@arionair89](https://twitter.com/mydataorg/status/1337451582800224257).
* [Understanding the origins of identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsTTEwdiNwM) Dr. Mawaki Chango
> #Identity management is not a new problem. Mawaki Chango, PhD explains briefly it's interesting history starting from the Roman Catholic Church keeping records of their believers, leading all the way from passports to the current situation we are in with digital identity credentials! At the #MyDataOnline2020 conference. Read more of his work fromhttps://digilexis.com
* [MyData Strategy of Global Enterprises](https://online2020.mydata.org/programme-page/mydata-strategy-of-global-enterprises/)
> Visionaries from around the world will present success stories and explain why it is important to align MyData’s human-centric principles in the data economy.
Slides:
- [Jyrki Suokas – Opening and Closing](https://mydata-online-2020.pds.mydataasia.org/mydata-strategy-of-global-enterprises/Opening-Closing.pdf)[Alex David – Exploring MyData concept from a Korean Perspective](https://mydata-online-2020.pds.mydataasia.org/mydata-strategy-of-global-enterprises/Exploring-MyData-concept.pdf)
- [Ilona Ylinampa – Why Technology Is A Method and Not An Intrinsic Value? Examples of Finnish Human-Centric Data Cases](https://mydata-online-2020.pds.mydataasia.org/mydata-strategy-of-global-enterprises/Technology-Is-A-Method.pdf)
- [Junseok Kang – Korea gaining momentum and what we are doing](https://mydata-online-2020.pds.mydataasia.org/mydata-strategy-of-global-enterprises/Korea-gaining-momentum.pdf)
- [Pascal Huijbers – How Trust in Digital Data can make our world a better place](https://mydata-online-2020.pds.mydataasia.org/mydata-strategy-of-global-enterprises/Trust-in-Digital-Data.pdf)
- [Vincent Jansen – Consumer Data Rights in Australia](https://mydata-online-2020.pds.mydataasia.org/mydata-strategy-of-global-enterprises/Consumer-Data-Rights-in-Australia.pdf)
* [Applying for, and being, a MyData Operator](https://www.informationanswers.com/2021/02/03/applying-for-and-being-a-mydata-operator/)
Ian Henderson talks about leading the application process for two MyData Operators [Tru.net](https://www.tru.net/) and [DataYogi](https://datayogi.me/) .
> The core of the awards process is an online questionnaire that each photo-operator completes which provides background on the applying organisation, and then allows them to describe their business in terms of the shared MyData Operator Reference model shown below. This reference model, described in detail in the MyData Operators white paper, is not prescriptive; it is more a useful way to ensure each applying operator frames their responses so that they become easier to understand and assess.
- Two new applications have been integrated in your Cozy to offer you more uses and control: [Pass](https://cozy.io/en/features/#pass), a French and open source password manager and [Notes](https://cozy.io/en/), a collaborative text editor
- Nearly 70,000 data-conscious individuals have already adopted a personal cloud
- A partnership that we are really proud of was created with CEMEA and the support of Secours Populaire Français, the Afnic Foundation, the Samu Social de Paris and Framasoft to fight against digital exclusion
- A partnership with [Gandi](https://blog.cozy.io/en/gandi-a-new-hosting-provider-for-your-cozy/) allows their customers to create a Cozy space on their own domain. You will stay because you can leave.
- Cozy Cloud has been rewarded by the [NGO MyData as MyDataOperator](https://blog.cozy.io/en/award-cozy-cloud-as-a-mydata-operator/)
- Cozy was chosen as the data platform for its energy savings service offered at the Data Challenge thanks to Métropole Grand Lyon
* [Radical Exchange Talk: Data Agency. Individual or Shared?](https://identitywoman.net/radical-exchange-talk-data-agency-individual-or-shared/)
* [Towards interconnected and human-centric data intermediaries](https://mydata.org/2021/02/09/towards-interconnected-and-human-centric-data-intermediaries/)
> We believe that theData Governance Actcan influence global norms on sustainable data governance in the same way as the GDPR pushed the data protection norms beyond the EU.
>
> Our top picks for potential improvements are:
> 1. Explicitly include individuals as active participants in the definitions
> 2. Clear and comprehensive scope
> 3. Moderate requirements
> 4. Interoperability between the data sharing services
* [How digi.me and DTACT’s partnership is opening up a bright future for user centricity](https://blog.digi.me/2021/07/06/how-digi-me-and-dtacts-partnership-is-opening-up-a-bright-future-for-user-centricity/)Digi.me
Sander Swinkels, DTACT CEO, explains that a common vision of securely enabling – and safeguarding – the sharing of personal data with consent is what drew the two companies together. And they have been working to build something unique, frictionless and fast with users firmly at the centre, based on an open framework which is easily scalable.
* [What is the Me2B Respectful Tech Specification?](https://me2ba.org/flash-guide-2-what-is-the-me2b-respectful-tech-specification/)
The Me2B Respectful Tech Specification is a sorely needed ethical and safety standard for the internet. It consists of a series of tests that objectively measure the behavior of a connected product or service. The Specification helps people (“Me-s”) understand how technology is treating them, and helps businesses (“B-s”) build technology that is safe and respectful for the people that use it.
* [MYDATA TAIWAN – FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE WITH AWARD-WINNING PERSONAL HEALTH APP](https://mydata.org/2021/10/05/mydata-taiwan-moving-from-theory-to-practice-with-award-winning-personal-health-app/)
MyLog/LogBoard pulls together health information on temperature, sleep, heart rate and more into a single place that can be shared with doctors and medical staff. Users can log their Covid symptoms, thereby allowing them and medical staff to get a holistic picture of their health while strengthening the national response to Covid-19. Data is held on mobile devices and not in the cloud and can be shared with a one-off URL that wipes all data after 72 hours.
* [MyData Weekly Digest for October 15th, 2021](https://weekly-digest.ownyourdata.eu/en/weekly/2021-10-15)
* [Hub Spotlight: MyData Japan - Promoting Ethical Approaches to Personal Data](https://mydata.org/2021/10/21/hub-spotlight-mydata-japan-promoting-ethical-approaches-to-personal-data/)
Several committees promote the MyData movement in Japan in specific thematic areas. One of the most active committees is the Public Policy Committee, which has submitted expert opinions from the MyData Japan community to the Japanese government’s Public Comments.
* [MyData and the European Union’s Latest Data Developments](https://mydata.org/2021/10/28/mydata-and-the-european-unions-latest-data-developments/)
The development of the Data Governance Act (DGA) is exciting for MyData because it shows a clear link to the [MyData Operators white paper](https://mydata.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/04/Understanding-Mydata-Operators-pages.pdf), which describes the operations and functions of what the EU terms as “data intermediaries”.
* [22 Companies and Organizations Receive the MyData Operator 2021 Award](https://mydata.org/2021/11/17/22-companies-and-organisations-receive-the-mydata-operator-2021-award/)MyData
As highlighted by the ongoing Facebook Files scandal, transparency and accountability in personal data are increasingly acknowledged as critical for safety online. To show their commitment to ethical personal data management, participating organisations are required to disclose information about their operations. The MyData Operator Award shows that ethical alternatives exist and provide value for companies and users alike.
The [Internet Society Foundation recently granted the Me2B Alliance $100,000](https://me2ba.org/me2b-alliance-awarded-100k-grant-for-us-pre-k-12-benchmark-to-research-school-utility-apps-data-sharing/)to complete its “U.S. EdTech Industry Benchmark: Data Sharing in Primary & Secondary School Mobile Utility Apps.” The benchmark will build on previous findings about harmful data sharing practices by uncovering how sensitive student information is being treated by school utility apps in grades pre-k through 12 in schools across the nation.
* [My Data Community Looks Outward and to the Future](https://mydata.org/2021/11/26/mydata-netherlands-meeting-mydata-community-looks-outward-and-to-the-future/)MyData Netherlands
Highlights include the keynote from Amsterdam’s chief technology officer, Ger Baron and the awarding of the MyData Operator 2021 Awards to 22 companies and organisations.
* [Co-managing My Data](https://www.jlinc.com/post/co-managing-my-data)JLinc
This post sets out a vision for what could become a sustainable set of human-centric processes around the sourcing, management and use of personal data. Our context for doing so is that the current model for personal data management on The Internet is badly broken and has architectural limitations that are largely un-resolvable.
* [Data Co-Operatives through Data Sovereignty](https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/3/62)
Against the widespread assumption that data are the oil of the 21st century, [this article offers an alternative conceptual framework](https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/3/62), interpretation, and pathway around data and smart city nexus to subvert surveillance capitalism in light of emerging and further promising practical cases. This article illustrates an open debate in data governance and the data justice field related to current trends and challenges in smart cities, resulting in a new approach advocated for and recently coined by the UN-Habitat programme ‘People-Centred Smart Cities’.
* [Why all data governance needs to consider children’s rights](https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/why-all-data-governance-needs-to-consider-childrens-rights-8b218a825a08)Emmaday
Last month, UNICEF published a[Manifesto on Good Data Governance for Children](https://www.unicef.org/globalinsight/media/1741/file/UNICEF%20Global%20Insight%20Data%20Governance%20Manifesto.pdf), an initiative that was the result of a year of collaboration between a working group of 17 experts, many of them affiliated with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and UNICEF.
* [MyData Global Joins “Team Data Spaces” to Support the EU’s Plan to Create “Data Spaces”](https://mydata.org/2021/06/23/mydata-global-joins-team-data-spaces-to-support-the-eus-plan-to-create-data-spaces/)
MyData Global announces to have joined forces with ‘Team Data Spaces’– a coalition of leading European players with experience in standardising, creating and operationalising data sharing – to facilitate the development of European data spaces which are at the heart of the EU’s data strategy.
* [2022: LOOKING AT THE YEAR AHEAD](https://mydata.org/2022/01/11/2022-looking-at-the-year-ahead/)MyData
> As MyData Global saw in our[reflection on 2021](https://mydata.org/2021/12/17/2021-in-review-the-events-and-activities-shaping-the-personal-data-landscape/), the transformation towards a human-centric personal data economy is underway. This transformation is driven by two forces: first, the dominant unethical approaches to personal data are starting to show how unsustainable they really are.
* [2021 in review: The events and activities shaping the personal data Landscape](https://mydata.org/2021/12/17/2021-in-review-the-events-and-activities-shaping-the-personal-data-landscape/)MyData
2021 has been a productive year for MyData Global, and a significant one for the wider personal data world. The [Facebook Files](https://twitter.com/mydataorg/status/1446435772857524224?s=20)helped raise the issue of personal data and ethics to the general public, and the EU’s Data Governance Act has helped put into practice many of the changes [MyData Global has been advocating for](https://mydata.org/2021/10/28/mydata-and-the-european-unions-latest-data-developments/).
* [Rulebook overcomes the lack of trust in data sharing](https://www.mydata.org/2022/08/30/rulebook-overcomes-the-lack-of-trust-in-data-sharing/)MyData
The data sharing market is taking off and there is enormous uncaptured value. Many organisations are looking for new trustworthy ways to create value from data collaboration. Individuals can also benefit tremendously if data can be more readily shared across service providers.
* [Training: Building smart cities services 2.0](https://oldwww.mydata.org/h3c/)MyData
You will learn about business models, compliance with complex regulatory regimes, standards, and governance mechanisms. You will be connected with EU funding opportunities, and you will learn how to build successful partnerships with companies and cities
* [What Meta’s Profit Drop Might Say About Consumer Sentiment on Data Privacy](https://anonyome.com/2022/09/what-metas-profit-drop-might-say-about-consumer-sentiment-on-data-privacy/)Anyonyome
* [Skills for creative futures? MyData starts the Cyanotypes project.](https://www.mydata.org/2022/09/21/mydata-starts-cyanotypes-project/)MyData
* [What to make of data sovereignty](https://www.mydata.org/2022/09/26/data-sovereignty/)MyData
Data sovereignty has gained much recent attention, whilst interpreted in varied ways. MyData Global describes in this blog post what to make of data sovereignty when taking a human-centric approach to personal data.
* [Does “data monetisation” lead towards more fairness, sustainability, and prosperity for all?](https://www.mydata.org/2022/07/13/data-monetisation/)MyData
> As this is a complex and often polarising issue, it must be discussed with patience, diligence, and determination. MyData Global has not yet reached a position on the topic. In this piece, we share our considerations and questions, and hope to inspire you to join this important deliberation.
* [Catalysing transformative change: new project to produce innovative services in smart cities](https://mydata.org/2021/09/02/catalysing-transformative-change-new-project-to-produce-innovative-services-in-smart-cities/)MyData
> “Cities around the world are racing ahead to be smarter by taking ethical approaches to personal data”, explains Teemu Ropponen, General Manager of MyData Global “MyData Global is a centre of excellence for personal data management expertise, with the H3C project we are bringing together city administrations, companies and individuals to find solutions that put people in control of their personal data”
* [MyData Global adopts an updated logo and visual identity](https://www.mydata.org/2022/05/17/new-logo/)
* [VIIVI LÄHTEENOJA APPOINTED AS MYDATA GLOBAL CHAIR](https://mydata.org/2022/01/07/viivi-lahteenoja-appointed-as-mydata-global-chair/)
> Previous Chair, Antti “Jogi” Poikola commented: I am delighted to be succeeded by Viivi Lähteenoja as MyData Global’s Chair. […] Viivi’s experience both in and out of the MyData community make her excellently qualified to open up new dialogues on how personal data can empower people and communities.
* [MYDATA GLOBAL IN MOTION – KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN 2022](https://mydata.org/2022/03/09/mydata-developments-in-2022/)
> Collective sensemaking and channels for impact, Strengthening the MyData brand, Renovating the infrastructure of MyData Global, and Changes in the staff and leadership team.
* [EXEMPLARY PERSONAL DATA BUSINESSES: 33 ORGANISATIONS RECEIVE THE MYDATA OPERATOR 2022 AWARD](https://mydata.org/2022/03/16/mydata-operator-2022-awards/)
> personal data companies that have shown leadership by empowering individuals to control their personal data. As promoted by the European Commission, [putting people in the centre of digital transformations is needed for a safe and sustainable digital future](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_6428). Further, [boosting data sharing and ensuring its trustworthiness](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_6428)is critical to reaping the benefits of our digitised lives.
* [MyData Operator Status awarded to Mydex](https://medium.com/mydex/mydata-operator-status-awarded-to-mydex-2916d1c48c3d)
> As promoted by the European Commission, [putting people in the centre of digital transformations is needed for a safe and sustainable digital future](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_6428). Further, [boosting data sharing and ensuring its trustworthiness](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_6428)is critical to reaping the benefits of our digitised lives. Organisations awarded with the MyData Operator Award are vital enablers for such a vision, providing value for companies and individuals alike.
- [Avast demonstrates commitment to digital freedom with MyData membership](https://press.avast.com/avast-demonstrates-commitment-to-digital-freedom-with-mydata-membership)
* [PERSONAL DATA HOLDS THE KEY FOR SUSTAINABLE CITY LIFE](https://mydata.org/2021/09/13/personal-data-holds-the-key-for-sustainable-city-life-but-rewards-must-be-balanced-with-risks-to-digital-rights/)MyData
* [The Future of Work & Skills – a human-centric skills data space](https://mydata.org/skillsdata) MyData
> In order to improve the competitiveness of EU’s workforce, the strategy identifies a need for high-quality data for qualifications, learning opportunities, jobs and skill sets of people.
* [The Future of Identity. A collection of interconnected research](https://borgbraincrypto.medium.com/the-future-of-identity-eee42109efd2)
* [Scaling the personal data economy, MyData 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNTuuOAZ1Uc)
> using Futures Thinking to envision how different business strategies, policies and actions implemented in the personal data ecosystem can pave the path towards the Desirable Future.
* [MYDATA, MY CLIMATE, AND MY CARBON](https://mydata.org/2021/11/03/mydata-my-climate-and-my-carbon/)
> With COP26 taking place this week, governments, companies, and individuals are discussing how we can all reduce our carbon emissions. The task is monumental, and technology has an important role to play – both in reducing its own carbon footprint and in helping the wider world track and reduce their emissions.
* [Children’s right for privacy also in the digital world is guaranteed under the Convention on the Rights of the Child](https://www.mydata.org/2022/06/20/press-release-childrens-right-for-privacy-also-in-the-digital-world-is-guaranteed-under-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child-and-this-includes-photos/)MyData
Last week, the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, stated that she will not give consent to the media to take and publish photos of her child. This led to wide discussion and international headlines – even though the right to privacy is guaranteed under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
* [Connecting Citizens and Government for Better Designed Services](https://medium.com/mydex/connecting-citizens-and-government-for-better-designed-services-9b58205185ce)MyData
Our vision for [Inclued](https://mydex.org/platform-services/)is for it to become the de facto choice for two-way, secure citizen engagement that empowers citizens to not only access services but influence what is delivered to them, while giving governments and citizens insight and evidence into the value and impact of working with, not for citizens.
