Too late to get in the privacy world?
I work in the mobile ad industry and every day we have to find workarounds for the newest regulation that prevents ultra personalized targetting.
Knowing the inner mechanics of the industry made me reflect how privacy nowadays is not a right, but something to fight for. Unfortunately, for many people it's too dry of a topic and not easily accessible to act on it.
I want to allow users to take their digital profile in their own hands and to know where and how their data is being used. To begin with, it could be a browser extension or a mobile app that periodically checks who collects your data and enables you with a one click to opt out (as long as this option is possible from the 3rd party that collects the data of course).
Let me know your thoughts :)
Certainly not too late, it's only getting started. More than ever, people are calling for increased privacy and awareness.
For example, an extension that simply displays the current website's data policy section from their privacy policy and allows users (or algorithms) to rate it could be highly valuable.
A company I used to work for did data audits where they would submit fake information and see where it showed up around the net, or who would start spamming the number/email/etc and attempt to trace the origin/data trail. I always wanted a "data map" that showed this trail for websites I signed up with.
There's a lot of innovation that can be done in the privacy industry. I hope you pursue it!
This is pretty similar to what you are describing. They have a browser extension as well. https://tosdr.org/
Nice, thank you for that! It is similar, though it seems they only show details for the services in their system? Great nonetheless.
It would be big if something could crawl the policy of the website you're visiting and display those affirmations, or even just the raw data policy text (and other important sections) for you in real-time.
Hey! I totally support your vision. The absence of ownership of our private information as well as the lack of transparency regarding the way our data is used, is alarming. I attended a meetup event yesterday and during the networking session, @Carthis showed me Rita, https://ritapersonaldata.com, it helps you increase your control over what information companies can access or not. If anyone has other tools or advice to help improve online privacy, I'd love to hear from you!
Definitely not too late. My last two startups were privacy focused companies. I’ve gone deep into the decentralized web space with a focus on privacy. There is still a lot that can be done. A ton of opportunity.
I run this project: http://databunker.org/
It automatically resolves the most challenging privacy issues for you.
You can grab an open-source version and use it or get a pro version from me.
Here is my email: [email protected]
I come from the competitive intelligence side from the advertising industry so I understand your viewpoint, and for the past 2 years I've been getting deep in information flows & data privacy. As others have mentioned it is still a very new area with tons of opportunity, challenges and developments to do.
Regarding your idea, there are some emerging companies in this space:
https://saymine.com/
https://www.deseat.me/
https://digi.me/
Hey! This is awesome, and I really don't think it's too late, considering where Apple is going with ITP and ATT, I think we are just at the right moment of time to give these options to non Apple users too.
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