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Delete your account or access the personal data organizations have on you using this free service.

Who owns your data?

A Supreme Court case about a bank robbery could redefine your digital rights.

I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead

California residents have a legal right to access the data that companies collect about them. Actually exercising that right is a burdensome nightmare.

Reclaim Control | over your technology, your devices, your data, your digital life.

You have the right to control your data, devices, and services. We coordinate, develop and foster communities of Reclaimers who want digital independence. Together, let's reclaim the right to a technical future of data sovereignty, digital autonomy, responsible governance, and collective care online for all.

Olares - Empowering Users to Reclaim Data Ownership

Reclaiming the Smart City: Personal Data, Trust and the New Commons

Why and how city governments are taking a more responsible approach to the collection and use of personal data.

Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come

Data Ownership as a conversation changes when data resides primarily with people-governed institutions rather than corporations.

We Need A New Kind Of Data Rights

Associational data rights would empower communities to reclaim power from Big Tech

DigitalOcean deleted 4 years of my data 6 days before my billing date over a $25

23 votes, 27 comments. So I'm still in shock and need to share this so nobody else goes through it. I've been with DigitalOcean for years. My billing…

Who Even Cares About Data Ownership Anyway? - What The Function!?

Taking a look at a concept that's been talked a lot over the last few years, especially in the context of social media

Who Even Cares About Data Ownership Anyway? - What The Function!?

Taking a look at a concept that's been talked a lot over the last few years, especially in the context of social media

Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data

(September 2020) - Data is nonrival: a person's location history, medical records, and driving data can be used by many firms simultaneously. Nonrivalry leads to increasing returns. As a result, there may be social gains to data being used broadly across firms, even in the presence of privacy considerations. Fearing creative destruction, firms may choose to hoard their data, leading to the inefficient use of nonrival data. Giving data property rights to consumers can generate allocations that are close to optimal. Consumers balance their concerns for privacy against the economic gains that come from selling data broadly.

Wildland (@WildlandIO) on X

An open protocol for data management that allows users to have sole ownership of their data. Join us! https://t.co/AqwplMcG9u Developed by @GolemFoundation

Cyd - Claw back your data from Big Tech | Cyd

Automatically delete your data from tech platforms, except for what you want to keep