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Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data

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Re: Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data

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How do you grant a company access to your data but prevent them from storing it? And how does it apply to data a company generates about me? For example, if I listen to songs on Spotify, are they supposed to somehow not store it, but still give me recommendations?

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How do you grant a company access to your data but prevent them from storing it? And how does it apply to data a company generates about me? For example, if I listen to songs on Spotify, are they supposed to somehow not store it, but still give me recommendations?

>How do you grant a company access to your data but prevent them from storing it?

Outlaw it.

>And how does it apply to data a company generates about me?

You store it on a server you control, then provide access to 3rd parties. This is how https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/ is setup to work.

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How do you grant a company access to your data but prevent them from storing it? And how does it apply to data a company generates about me? For example, if I listen to songs on Spotify, are they supposed to somehow not store it, but still give me recommendations?

>How do you grant a company access to your data but prevent them from storing it? Outlaw it. >And how does it apply to data a company generates about me? You store it on a server you control, then provide access to 3rd parties. This is how https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/ is setup to work.

Ok, so it’s more of a legal framework than a technological one.

Re: Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data

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https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/ is an attempt to solve this problem as well.

„ A network-wide reset has just happened. You may need to take action. Please visit urbit.org/breach for more information.“

"Unlike past breaches, this one comes with a tool to export and reimport all of your data so that you don't lose anything;"
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