This article takes a look at the key takeaways from the Data Governance Act and elaborates on how a MyData operator satisfies the functional and governance needs of a transparent and trustworthy data economy.

This article takes a look at the key takeaways from the Data Governance Act and elaborates on how a MyData operator satisfies the functional and governance needs of a transparent and trustworthy data economy.

In 2016, the ‘FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship’ were published in Scientific Data. The authors intended to provide guidelines to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets.

こちらの論文シリーズの1番目では政策問題に焦点を当てましたが、2番目の本論文では実際の相互運用性の技術的な詳細と要件について説明します。 3番目の論文では相互運用性が偽情報やプライバシーなどの現象に与える影響を分析します。

The first paper in this series focused on policy issues. This second paper looks at the technical details and requirements of interoperability in practice. The third paper will analyse the impact of interoperability on phenomena such as disinformation and privacy.

人々が自らをエンパワーすることができるような、パーソナルデータのエコシステムを実現するための高度な知見を有する組織と認められました。

These forward-thinking organisations have chosen to pool their experience and expertise in order to pave the way for responsible personal data ecosystems which are designed from the ground up to empower the people themselves.

Not Fit-For-Purpose reflects on a decade of research and analysis into international standard-setting Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs). It concludes that this grand experiment has failed in its goal of providing effective protection against abuse. While MSIs can play important roles in building trust and generating dialogue, they are not fit-for-purpose to reliably detect abuses, hold corporations to account for harm, or provide access to remedy.

民間企業に起因する人権侵害の撲滅を目指す MSI Integrity （The Institute for Multi-Stakeholder Initiative Integrity）が公表したレポート「Not Fit-For-Purpose」は、国際標準を掲げるMSIsに対して行った10年にわたる調査と分析の結果を反映したものです。レポートは、MSIsという壮大な実験が、人権侵害から効果的に身を守る手段を提供するというゴールにたどり着くことなく失敗した、と結論付けています。 MSIsは信頼の構築と対話の生成においては重要な役割を演じましたが、侵害を確実に検知したり、企業に侵害に対する責任を求めたり、被害者などへの救済策を提供したりする目的を達するには適さなかったとしています。

Data institutions are organisations whose purpose involves stewarding data on behalf of others, often towards public, educational or charitable aims. For these institutions to achieve this purpose, they need to be sustainable.

データ機関は、多くの場合、公共、教育、または慈善目的に向けて、他の人々のためにデータを管理することを目的とする組織です。これらの機関がその目的を達成するには、持続可能であることが不可欠です。

Specification to establish a foundational layer for secure data storage (including personal data), specifically data models for storage and transport, syntax, data at rest protection, CRUD API, access control, synchronization, and at least a minimum viable HTTP-based interface compatible with W3C DIDs/VCs.

In this paper, we propose the creation of a system of personal data licenses that will help individuals determine conditions for granting access to their personal data.

It is of limited value to discuss building blocks and reference models of operators in an abstract way. As a way forward, we would like to focus on a number of design questions that touch upon technical, legal, business and societal perspectives. the discussion should clarify how operators can and should adhere to the MyData principles.

There’s been a rather interesting disagreement between two guys from Signal and Matrix recently. Many of the points they make relating to building competitive, privacy/freedom-protecting products and the difficulties are quite relevant. Here is the original post from Signal that lead now to the response from Matrix.

In the cover of biggest Finnish newspaper today Vastuu group announces that they are MyData operator.

A first version of the working paper plus different tasks is available. The work to create the working document and create support for its content is not only writing, but also discussion. I propose, therefore, a twofold approach: writing team in parallel with process team to ensure discussion is open and not dominated by the writing team.