Personal Data Store

Description

Ledgerback:

"A Personal Data Store (PDS) may be defined as software that “offer[s] to store the user’s personal data and allow the user to give controlled access to other organisations.”³⁵ In other words, PDS allow users to “[in]put [] data about [themselves] and evidence of [their] identity (using passports and bank statements) which [] others [can] access or indirectly use in order to provide you services.” (https://medium.com/digital-cooperative-research/youre-data-you-re-control-you-re-profit-5a181948011)

Characteristics

Legerback:

Common attributes of PDSs identified by Irina Bolychevsky & Simon Worthington in Are Personal Data Stores about to become the NEXT BIG THING?, are that they “ensure your personal data:

• “would not be lost when the company pivots, is bought up, goes bankrupt or decides to delete or suspend your account since you maintain it”;
• “would not be as vulnerable to misuse, exploitation or data breaches since you hold the data and can revoke access”; and
• “can be kept accurate and up to date more easily from on[]e central location.”

(https://medium.com/digital-cooperative-research/youre-data-you-re-control-you-re-profit-5a181948011)