This was the first time I Presented about the Spectrum of Identity. I have since given this talk a few times…it has improved.
29 February 2012 by Leave a Comment
Web Chat: Protecting Online Privacy hosted by Allan A. Friedman, Fellow, Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution
12:42 Comment From Robert E: Could stronger measures to protect data stifle innovation in the tech sector?
12:43 Allan Friedman: On some level, these rules could stop a firm from finding new ways to exploit consumer data. There’s no question about that, any more than other popular consumer protection laws such as automobile safety or drug testing can have that unintended effect. However, I would argue that finding ways to engage consumers while respecting their privacy and giving them control of their own data could create far more opportunities for innovation. For example, the “personal data ecosystem” movement aims to shift control of data to consumers, allowing more opportunities for people and firms to exploit the value of our digital lives
What Daily Deal proliferation says about Personal Data Opportunity
28 February 2012 by Leave a Comment
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dailydealscom_do_we_really_need_another_daily_deal.php?utm_source=ReadWriteWeb+Newsletters&utm_campaign=2a798b1e2e-RWWDailyNewsletter&utm_medium=email
23 February 2012 by Leave a Comment
Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World was released by the white house.
The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights provides a baseline of clear protections for consumers and greater certainty for businesses. The rights are:
Individual Control: Consumers have a right to exercise control over what personal data organizations collect from them and how they use it.
- Transparency: Consumers have a right to easily understandable information about privacy and security practices.
- Respect for Context: Consumers have a right to expect that organizations will collect, use, and disclose personal data in ways that are consistent with the context in which consumers provide the data.
- Security: Consumers have a right to secure and responsible handling of personal data.
- Access and Accuracy: Consumers have a right to access and correct personal data in usable formats, in a manner that is appropriate to the sensitivity of the data and the risk of adverse consequences to consumers if the data are inaccurate.
- Focused Collection: Consumers have a right to reasonable limits on the personal data that companies collect and retain.
- Accountability: Consumers have a right to have personal data handled by companies with appropriate measures in place to assure they adhere to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.
23 February 2012 by Leave a Comment
Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World was released by the white house.
The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights provides a baseline of clear protections for consumers and greater certainty for businesses. The rights are:
Individual Control: Consumers have a right to exercise control over what personal data organizations collect from them and how they use it.
- Transparency: Consumers have a right to easily understandable information about privacy and security practices.
- Respect for Context: Consumers have a right to expect that organizations will collect, use, and disclose personal data in ways that are consistent with the context in which consumers provide the data.
- Security: Consumers have a right to secure and responsible handling of personal data.
- Access and Accuracy: Consumers have a right to access and correct personal data in usable formats, in a manner that is appropriate to the sensitivity of the data and the risk of adverse consequences to consumers if the data are inaccurate.
- Focused Collection: Consumers have a right to reasonable limits on the personal data that companies collect and retain.
- Accountability: Consumers have a right to have personal data handled by companies with appropriate measures in place to assure they adhere to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.
Personal Digital Archiving Conference
22 February 2012 by Leave a Comment
I gave a talk at the Personal Archiving Conference about the Personal Data Ecosystem and all the activity going.
Resource: Opus Research on VRM
22 January 2012 by Leave a Comment
Opus Research reports that a high percentage number of C-level executives indicate in this report that their company’s’ lack a defined strategy to deal with all the “personal data” provided by customers and prospects through a multitude of channels. Yet they also tell us of their plans to incorporate that data into “understanding intent” and forging better communications links that promote loyalty, profitability and product refinement.
This is a limited distribution report available on request from their site.
Resources: Forrester Report on Personal Data
21 January 2012 by Leave a Comment
“Consumers are leaving an exponentially growing digital footprint across channels and media, and they are awakening to the fact that marketers use this data for financial gain. This, combined with growing concerns about data security, means that individuals increasingly want to know when data (continued)
about them is being collected, what is being stored and by whom, and how that data is being used. As a result, a nascent industry is forming, with the promise of giving consumers control over their own data. We call this phenomenon personal identity management (PIDM). In this report, we outline what we expect PIDM will look like, and we provide Consumer Intelligence (CI) professionals with the insight to prepare for this impending change. “
Analysis
The PDEC met with Forrester and they clearly understood what we were saying. Hats off to them for their vision in seeing the space. Of course, that’s what they are supposed to do, but hat’s off anyway.
You can download the full report from Personal’s website: http://blog.personal.com/2011/10/seeing-the-forrester-for-the-trees/
Resource: WEF Personal Data Report
20 January 2012 by Leave a Comment
The World Economic Forum Telecommunications group launched a multi-year project called Re-thinking Personal Data. The undertaking grows out of a report by WEF published in February 2011 called Personal Data: The Emergence of a New Asset Class.
The Paper delivers a high-level overview of the opportunity that develops when people have control and agency over their own personal data along with the regulatory and ethical challenges it helps avoid. It puts forward five areas of collective action and PDEC is active in supporting all of them in industry.
It highlights 5 areas of collective action:
1) Innovate around user-centricity and trust.
2) Define global principles for using and sharing personal data.
3) Strengthen the dialogue between regulators and the private sector.
4) Focus on interoperability and open standards.
5) Continually share knowledge.
This report underscores the importance of the work of PDEC, to cultivate an ecosystem that gives users the tools to play in the market for their information.
17 January 2012 by Leave a Comment
Whose Life Is It, Anyway? Consumers are learning their data is currency and new companies are betting they can help them cash in By Ki Mae Heussner
“Neither side in this ‘do not track’ vs. business as usual debate is right,” says Kaliya Hamlin, who founded the Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium, a nonprofit group promoting businesses and systems that give individuals control over their data. “[The data locker models] are stepping out of the two ends of the spectrum and saying there’s a middle ground.”
