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Welcome to PersonalData.IO,

the integrative toolbox addressing surveillance capitalism.

  The problem!

We have all lost control over our personal data, yet we have no space where we can collectively reclaim it. We want to encourage collaborative dynamics between the general public and within civil society in all of its diversity (activists, researchers, educators, etc). These dynamics materialize around information about the personal data ecosystem, as well as cutting edge tools to respond to current practices and shape the future of the personal data economy.

  Get involved

You can join us at the Project:Community Portal.

  What we do

We encourage individuals to exercise their data rights, particularly when we think collective exercise of those rights would be transformative. We mainly encourage people to exercise their right of access, through Subject Access Requests, sometimes organized in focused campaigns. We also produce visualisations, as they are useful for aligning a large group of individuals with disjoint expertise.

  About us

We are a small Geneva nonprofit focused on data protection. We want to empower an agile civil society to respond to threats associated with personal data. You can find more info about us here.

  News

All events (co-)organized by PersonalData.IO timeline of recent events

Global Community Calls

• 23 September 2019 -- PersonalData.IO Community Call 02 (Q1227)
• 7 October 2019 -- PersonalData.IO Community Call 03 (Q1222)
• 21 October 2019 -- PersonalData.IO Community Call 04 (Q1228) (notes)

Other events

• 5 June 2019 -- event "MyData Geneva and mobility" (Q772)
• 25 September 2019 -- The Great Hack workshop (Q1096)
• 26 September 2019 -- Ecosystem mapping I (Q1102)
• 26 September 2019 -- Ecosystem mapping II (Q1103)
• 26 September 2019 -- Virtually Connecting at MyData2019 (Q1151)
• 30 September 2019 -- Evènement "Mes données personnelles influencent le processus démocratique" (Q1166) (notes)
• 3 October 2019 -- Event "How others are making profit from your customers' personal data" (Q1171) (notes)
• 4 October 2019 -- Evènement "Travail de plateformes et gouvernance algorithmique: quels sont les enjeux?" (Q1172) (notes)
• 8 October 2019 -- Event "Addiction and Technology: understanding the links" (Q1215) (notes)
• 9 October 2019 -- The Great Hack projection at MyData Japan (Q1684)
• 10 October 2019 -- WTO Public Forum event on the "Future of the WTO" (Q1260)
• 15 October 2019 -- Wikibase + MyData Geneva = ❤️ ? (Q1235) (notes)
• 17 October 2019 -- IDKA vidcast on the Fair Data Economy (Q1461) (notes)
• 22 October 2019 -- Digital Human Rights summit (Q1498)
• 25 October 2019 -- Privacy Law Scholar Conference - Europe 2019 (Q1531)
• 23 October 2019 -- RTBF interview on smart devices (Q1550)
• 26 October 2019 -- Wikidatacon 2019 (Q1533)
• 12 November 2019 -- The Great Hack projection at MyData Barcelona (Q1681)
• 25 November 2019 -- Internet Governance Forum 2019 (Q1685)
• 23 November 2019 -- workshop "Data and Digital Intelligence as People’s Resources: Reclaiming Freedom and Control in a Data-based Society" (Q1686)
• 6 November 2019 -- Quantum Internet Hackathon (Q1910)
• 19 November 2019 -- Meeting of the Digital ClearingHouse on data portability (Q1912) (notes)
• 9 November 2019 -- RTS interview on Youtube algorithm (Q1929)
• 12 November 2019 -- DIPLO Foundation training on global digital governance (Q1945)
• 25 November 2019 -- Internet Commons Forum (Q2014) (notes)
• 6 December 2019 -- Humanitarian data partnerships expert meeting (Q2398)
• 11 December 2019 -- Transnational Courier Federation meeting in Brussels (Q2486)
• 12 December 2019 -- Subject Access Request workshop in Amsterdam (Q2487)