[MyData & Open Data] this group's thoughts on definitions

[Andy Turner]

Hi

I suggested that "MyData" is personal data about an individual which they control ownership and access control rights over. I'm not sure about the ownership part, mainly because I was thinking about what happens to these data after the individual dies... Perhaps better is:
"MyData" is personal data about an individual which they have rights to share and restrict the use and access control rights over.

This latter attempt is a bit more positive and somehow provides the right for the data owner (the individual person of the personal data) to licence their use even after their death.

The suggestions here contained are in comments to the Google Docs Document.

I read the rest of the thread to date, but I thought this was the best place to make this post.

HTH

Andy
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/a.turner/index.html

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From: mydata-open-data [mailto:mydata-open-data-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of stef
Sent: 19 December 2013 12:02
To: Sam Smith
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Subject: Re: [MyData & Open Data] this group's thoughts on definitions

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 12:40:14PM +0000, Sam Smith wrote:
> OKF have created a page for this group here:
> 	http://personal-data.okfn.org

it defines "my data"

> "My Data is information about me personally, where I am identified in 
> some way, regardless of who collects it"

- which i believe is a very negative term.
  
similarly to the dichotomy between free and open software. while "private data" is emphasizing the ethical aspects, "my data" is like the consciously unethical californian profit-making reinterpretation of that.

please remove this definition and use "private data"

> I'm sure we'll have comments, which anyone can leave here. I'll ping OKF and find out what their process is for changing things:
> 	
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ZfCBi8W91m7_SIR7lwyOy9d0cmw5DUj7F
> Cjg1cPXbc/edit


haven't/couldn't check that for obvious reasons.

> (no login should be required to edit that, and OKF have decommissioned 
> their public etherpad which I used to be able to create things on)

very sad.

best,s

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