I’ve not really pulled all the stuff I’ve written about this in one place at one time. I realized this while talking to a researcher last night who is writing a paper on the implications of search and web history. In particular, I’ve not posted in one place about what I’ve started to call “The Data Bill of Rights.” My first attempt was here.
I recall that the first time I wrote about Stewart Butterfield told me it’d be impossible to do what I was suggesting. Maybe so, but Eric, in the interview last week, said Google was committed to Data Portability, which is the key and most difficult piece of the pie.
So, I submit for your review, editing and clarification, a new draft of what rights we, as consumers, might demand from companies making hay off the data we create as we trip across the web:
– Data Transparency. We can identify and review the data that companies have about us. A sticky issue is whether we can also identify and review data that is made about us based on other data the company might have. (IE, based on your behavior, we at Amazon know you might also like….)
– Data Portability. We can take copies of that data out of the company’s coffers and offer it to others or just keep copies for ourselves.
– Data Editing. We can request deletions, editing, clarifications of our data for accuracy and privacy.
– Data Anonymity. We can request that our data not be used, cognizant of the fact that that may mean services are unavailable to us.
– Data Use. We have rights to know how our data is being used inside a company.
– Data Value. The right to sell our data to the highest bidder.
– Data Permissions. The right to set permissions as to who might use/benefit from/have access to our data.
What am I missing?