It’s easy to think of data as being very similar to physical property, this is my browsing data, that is your personally identifiable information, and data is like toxic waste that needs to be minimally collected and stored. But data is ephemeral, contextual, temporal and intangible, which means that it’s really hard to reason about the ownership and management of said data.
Cyberweekly #162 - Whose data is it?
Cyberweekly #162 - Whose data is it?
Cyberweekly #162 - Whose data is it?
It’s easy to think of data as being very similar to physical property, this is my browsing data, that is your personally identifiable information, and data is like toxic waste that needs to be minimally collected and stored. But data is ephemeral, contextual, temporal and intangible, which means that it’s really hard to reason about the ownership and management of said data.