MyData Global is on a mission to enable more privacy-focused societies across the globe
A novel experiment in deploying large-scale trusted data networks has begun in Helsinki, a city of over 600,000 residents and the capital of Finland. A variety of city services have been linked together using the open-source MyData Global solution, which was announced earlier this month. Let’s examine the announcement, its significance for the rest of us, and what it means for our own data privacy.
In general, cities are at the forefront of how countries gather data from its citizens and how it stores and uses their data. The goal is to give each person control over how their data is shared with various city agencies. Until now, governments had two basic choices about this data: either centralize all data in a single repository or duplicate it across various data silos. Both carried risks of breaches, as we’ve seen with previous breaches in Texas and Georgia — just to name two incidents that involved leaking millions of personal records. Additionally, the 2018 ransomware attacks on Atlanta were infamous for the size and scope of their breach.
MyData Global's role in protecting today's citizens
MyData Global is an award-winning non-profit organization built to "empower individuals by improving their right to self-determination regarding their personal data". It has developed an entirely new set of protocols, processes, and application programming interfaces to try to improve cross systems' trust and make it easier for various municipal agencies to share personal information while keepin ..
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