Weekly Digest: August 7th, 2020

MyData Weekly Digest for August 7th, 2020

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Shifting paradigm from SEAM to HAACS

Richard Whitt describes the need to shift from a paradigm of SEAM (surveil, extract, analyse, manipulate) to one of the HAACS (Human autonomy/agency via computer system)

posted on 2020-08-01 by Viivi on MyData Slack #coronavirus #data-sovereignty #human-centric

Amazon Scooped Up Data from Its Own Sellers to Launch Competing Products

On Wednesday, US Congress was grilling the CEOs of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, and examined issues related to GAFA's dominance in the market.
Data was one of the underlying threads in that inquiries.

posted on 2020-08-02 by Paul Jurcys on MyData Slack #amazon #antitrust #data-sovereignty

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Climate Change, Personal Data & AI

Practical use of personal data and AI to save the planet. Using AI algorithm to turn personal photos of forest and nature into a blend of fire and ash to help us visualize the issues of climate change.

posted on 2020-08-03 by Oguzhan Gencoglu on MyData Slack #ai #data-source #practical-uses #social

White Paper on Information and Communications 2020 (in Japanese)

White paper released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) mentioned MyData and MyData Japan as overseas initiatives of personal data utilization.

posted on 2020-08-04 by ito_nao on MyData Slack #government #mydata-principles

People-Centered (Not Tech-Driven) Design

Technology driven design usually fails. Examples are given to support why people-centered design is inevitable.

posted on 2020-08-05 by John W. on MyData Slack #design #human-centric

Incredibly bold move from Apple

COVID risk score introduced by Apple (iOS 13.6) might be illegal in Switzerland because national apps' safteguards are circumvented.

posted on 2020-08-06 by Paul-Olivier Dehaye on MyData Slack #antitrust #civil-society #coronavirus

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In San Diego, ‘Smart’ Streetlights Spark Surveillance Reform

San Diego equipped 3200 of its street lights with cameras and sensors with no governance or oversight…. Smart Cities turned to Panopticon Cities…

posted on 2020-08-07 by Michael Shea on MyData Slack #privacy #surveillance #us

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Board and Steering Group

No updates due to Summer vacations

Community

Alessandro shared an app - COVID19 Map Explorer (from UNOCHA)
A COVID19 map explorer that brings together dozens of datasets from over 20 sources.
Alessandro shared useful information on MyData Design Toolkit. Google doc available here
- Personas canvas for COVID-19. A tool that helps teams to empathise with the end users and to identify solutions.
- MyData Design Canvas. A tool that guides teams to define a service proposition based on MyData.
John Wunderlich introduced several desgin related articles in #design channel.
Paul Jurcys shared four posts about different data sources by Markus Lampinen.
Jogi continued to share insightful point of views on data ownership.
Iain referenced to one of his previous work (My Data Visualisation) in the debate of personal data ownership.
Ansku summarized the frequnently asked questions (FAQs) concerning the MyData Online 2020 Conference Call for Proposals. FAQs available here.
Juan Caballero shared an interesting article (How Taiwan's Digital Minister Hacked the Pandemic) on how Taiwan's COVID19 solutions might even work in the US.
Kaliya recommended a resourceful website with a collections of Models for Platform Governanace.
Jogi pointed out the similarities between smart mobility services and MyData Operator. Article available here
Jogi & Ito are working on sharing certificate model for EU Commission's governance, MyData Operator and Japanese Data Bank (ITrenmei).

Startups & Partnerships

Kira from Undatify is looking for partners to tackle challenges of individuals trying to exercise GDPR rights.
Quentin introduced Datavillage, a Belgian startup working on unlocking the value of personal data for both individuals and organizations. A beta PDS is available to developers, data scientists, etc.

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