OwnYourData Logo
 
Welcome to the OurData Weekly Digest, a news site dedicated to producing the best coverage from within the human-centred approach to personal data management.

 

 

Developers Intermediate read

Common European Mobility Data Space

Unlocking the potential of mobility data is essential to accelerating the transition towards more sustainable and smarter mobility. Building a common European data space for mobility will facilitate access, pooling and sharing of transport and mobility data, building on existing and future initiatives.

Business & Government Advanced read

What is Respectful Use of Location Information?

This research quantifies and qualifies public opinion of location tracking in a variety of different contexts within web and mobile technology. Key findings include:

  • 72% of people for websites and 68% of people for mobile apps do not consider location tracking to be acceptable before an account is created.
  • 55% of people consider it “creepy” when websites know their location when they first open the site.
  • Location sensitivity is context and control sensitive, so that people are more comfortable with location tracking when it is necessary (ex. directions, deliveries, weather, traffic) and when they are asked for permission.
  • 81% of people for websites and 68% of people for mobile apps used at least one negative term to describe location tracking including creepy, bad, annoying, scary, and confusing.

Business & Government Simple read

Privacy Principles for Mobility Data Launched

The New Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMO), North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association (NABSA), and Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) announced the launch of the Privacy Principles for Mobility Data to help guide the mobility ecosystem in the responsible use of data and the protection of individual privacy.

Interesting Articles?

Read more news in the current Weekly Digest issue!

Check it out

Individuals Intermediate read

Location History Visualizer Pro

Location History Visualizer Pro processes the raw Google Location History recorded by your smartphone and converts it into an interactive map.

Individuals Simple read

Whim

Experience the most seamless way to move: Public transport, taxi, e-scooters, and more all in one app.

Developers Intermediate read

Urban Mobility Operating System

An EU funded 24-month project developing a service platform that lifts the barriers between different mobility solutions and ecosystems.

Want to Trace Data?

Learn more about how to track your datasets!

Check it out

Individuals Simple read

They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them.

This article argues that de-anonymizing the data "gets easier by the day," warning this latest data set demonstrates "the looming threat to our liberties posed by a surveillance economy that monetizes the movements of the righteous and the wicked alike."

Business & Government Simple read

Quebec Will Force Uber to Share Your Trip Location Data

Privacy advocates are concerned that the new law can paint an unsettling picture of people's movements in Quebec.

Looking for Regular Updates?

Subscribe to the Weekly Digest newsletter via email: