[MyData & Open Data] we have a price: 11KEUR/personal medical data

Lancelot PECQUET (Will Strategy) lpecquet at willstrategy.com
Sat May 3 06:19:39 UTC 2014


Of course RT != endorsement. I was not suggesting you were vouching for 
FT ;-)


Le 03/05/2014 00:34, Rayna a écrit :
>
> I found the idea of such a calculator inline with the discussion. 
> Bookmarking It here meant just this, not that I am vouching for some 
> fantasmagoric pricing :)
>
> Best,
> Rayna
>
> Le 2 mai 2014 22:29, "Lancelot PECQUET (Will Strategy)" 
> <lpecquet at willstrategy.com <mailto:lpecquet at willstrategy.com>> a écrit :
>
>     Hi Rayna, Hello everyone,
>
>     I find this FT calculator particularly misleading.
>
>     First, because it suggests that there is a precise (three decimal
>     places...),
>     unique way to measure how much personal data is worth , regardless of
>     how businesses, governments or others will use it, which is, of
>     course, a
>     complete nonsense.
>
>     Second, because it conveys the idea that personal data has little
>     value
>     (from $0.007 to $4.99 max for a pregnant banker who owns a house,
>     a boat,
>     a plane and has extremely poor health condition...).
>
>     It suggests for instance that disclosing your heart disease, high
>     blood pressure
>     or obesity "is only worth $0.26" (whatever that means).
>
>     Many people conclude (I have tested this FT calculator on several
>     audiences) that,
>     "after all, if this piece of information represents only $0.26,
>     there is no need to
>     worry about protecting it".
>
>     Well, as Steph said a few weeks ago if I remember correctly: "once
>     the toothpaste
>     is out, you cannot put it back".
>
>     Best,
>
>     Lancelot
>
>
>     Le 02/05/2014 18:07, Rayna a écrit :
>>     P.S. For those willing to "play", here's FT's questionnaire to
>>     evaluate how much your data is worth
>>     http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/927ca86e-d29b-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html#axzz30ZhVtbgD
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     2014-05-01 21:47 GMT+02:00 Mark L <mark.lizar at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:mark.lizar at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>         Thank you Pierre for these links.
>>
>>         - Mark
>>
>>         On 1 May 2014, at 12:52, Pierre Chrzanowski
>>         <pierre.chrzanowski at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:pierre.chrzanowski at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>>         Hi,
>>>
>>>         There is also datacoup.com <http://datacoup.com/> in the US
>>>         which has been covered in the MIT Tech Review  [1].
>>>
>>>         Also in the MIT Tech Review, I already mentioned here but
>>>         this article from Evgeny Morozov [2] is really good. Morozov
>>>         argues that "my decision to disclose personal information
>>>         (...) will inevitably have implications for other people".
>>>         He tells us that personal data is not only an issue of
>>>         ownership, freedom and privacy but also of democracy,
>>>         justice and inequality.
>>>
>>>         @Rayna : do you have evidences / links regarding a campaign
>>>         on selling your own personal data in France ?
>>>
>>>         Also I would be interested in looking to arguments  and
>>>         position of midata and mesinfos projects in UK and France
>>>         regarding selling your own personal data.
>>>
>>>         [1]
>>>         http://www.technologyreview.com/news/524621/sell-your-personal-data-for-8-a-month/
>>>         [2]
>>>         http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520426/the-real-privacy-problem/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Rayna <rayna.st at gmail.com
>>>         <mailto:rayna.st at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Sally - thanks for the reminder.
>>>
>>>             There are more and more companies (such as this one in
>>>             France yesprofile.com <http://t.co/eZ0jRVBmWg> ) which
>>>             monetize your personal data for you. You can e.g. "rent
>>>             your profile to brands"...
>>>
>>>             Henning - I'm not sure what additional explanation you
>>>             need :) Think of this practice and what impact it will
>>>             have on privacy, access to healthcare, etc. and the
>>>             social network itself. In addition, there have been
>>>             quite a few exchanges on this very list related to
>>>             "ownership" of (personal) data.
>>>
>>>
>>>             2014-05-01 13:03 GMT+02:00 Sally Deffor
>>>             <sally.deffor at okfn.org <mailto:sally.deffor at okfn.org>>:
>>>
>>>                 Hi Rayna,
>>>                 I don't have any examples of specific cases of
>>>                 campaigning for the monetisation of personal data
>>>                 like you mentioned, but a couple of weeks ago I
>>>                 shared this post
>>>                 <http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/dutch-student-sells-his-data-for-350-but-at-what-price-privacy?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>about
>>>                 someone putting all his data up for auction. I also
>>>                 thought it was a worrying trend as your personal
>>>                 data could inevitably be linked to that of others. I
>>>                 anticipate some legal wrangles to emerge if such a
>>>                 legislation were to come into force, without
>>>                 appropriate protection for linked parties.
>>>
>>>                 Sally
>>>
>>>
>>>                 On 1 May 2014 11:50, Henning Kopp
>>>                 <henning.kopp at uni-ulm.de
>>>                 <mailto:henning.kopp at uni-ulm.de>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                     Dear Rayna,
>>>                     can you please elaborate why you think that this
>>>                     idea is insane?
>>>
>>>                     Best regards
>>>                     Henning Kopp
>>>
>>>
>>>                     Am 01.05.2014 12 <tel:01.05.2014%2012>:18,
>>>                     schrieb Rayna:
>>>>                     Thanks for highlighting this, Stef.
>>>>
>>>>                     There's a very worrisome trend advocated/lobbyied for by some prominent
>>>>                     people here in France about implementing some sort of "copyright-like"
>>>>                     legislation for personal data. In other words, the baseline is to have a
>>>>                     copyright framework that views personal data as your property --
>>>>                     possessions that you could, naturally (sic), sell and make money out of.
>>>>
>>>>                     The idea sounds insane to me (insane as in lack of basic intellectual
>>>>                     sanity) but I am under the impression such a vision starts spreading. I'd
>>>>                     be curious to know whether you've seen similar discussions/trends in your
>>>>                     respective countries and/or on a more transnational level. After all, the
>>>>                     EU Data Protection directive is the most deeply plagued one by all sorts of
>>>>                     lobbyies in the history of the EU...
>>>>
>>>>                     Thanks,
>>>>                     Rayna
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                     2014-05-01 11:52 GMT+02:00 stef<s at ctrlc.hu>  <mailto:s at ctrlc.hu>:
>>>>
>>>>>>                     In this petition to Strasbourg, Ms H. complained that the MADEKKI, by
>>>>>>                     collecting her personal medical data, had violated her rights under
>>>>>                     Article 8
>>>>>>                     (right to respect for private and family life). The Court found that her
>>>>>>                     rights had indeed been violated and awarded her 11,000 euros by way of
>>>>>                     “just
>>>>>>                     satisfaction”, or non-pecuniary damages.
>>>>>                     http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2014/04/30/disclosure-of-medical-records-breached-patients-human-rights-strasbourg/
>>>>>
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