![]() In an age where digital privacy is all the rage, a new app for sharing data might sound like the opposite of what users want and need. “Why would a company go behind my back for scraped data which doesn’t cover all those categories, isn’t very deep in time, is 30-50% inaccurate, is expensive because they’ve got to buy it, doesn’t have my permission to use – why would they use that data when they could come directly to me?” So the other half of what does is to allow users to quickly and accurately share their data with services that require it. But they don’t have your health data, they don’t have your finance data, they don’t know how many steps you’ve done, they don’t have a lot of stuff. Think of Facebook: they’ve got all your posts and stuff that you put on Facebook and they may have some web browsing and stuff. ![]() It’s wider than anyone else has because it covers all your data. “Once you’ve got all of your data yourself, you’ve got what we call ‘rich data’. These include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, Pinterest, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, HSBC, Barclays, Fitbit, Spotify and a few countries’ health services.Īnd while it can be entertaining and useful enough to see your own data, that’s only half of ’s utility, says Ranger: At the time of writing there are 19 data sources compatible with. Obviously your mileage depends on how many data sources you add. Users can scroll back to any date to see what they uploaded onto social platforms, what they bought, how much exercise they did, and even what music they listened to. It functions a bit like Facebook’s timeline but with a lot more data sources. “Your data is 100% private to you and fully secure.” What does actually do?įrom a consumer perspective, the app is genuinely interesting in and of itself. We don’t know what channels you’ve added, we don’t know anything about you personally. Your data goes direct from Facebook to you, direct from the bank to you, direct from your GP to you. They may touch it while it’s encrypted, but it goes through their server. “We don’t see it, like WhatsApp doesn’t see your data, for example. Ranger is clear that Digi.Me doesn’t, and will never, ‘see, touch, or hold data’: If Cambridge Analytica could influence elections with just social data, what could do with that plus, banking and health data? Fortunately, that simply isn’t a concern. Ranger boasts that this makes data stored with more secure than where it came from. From iCloud to Dropbox to OneDrive, the data will go where the user wants it.ĭigi.me also encrypts the data so it can’t be accessed by anyone else. It bundles all of your data together into one place and downloads it to wherever users want it. ![]() On the face of it, the app (which is already available on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac devices) is a repository for data. Yet innovations such as this might enlighten users as to how their personal data is used.That’s where Digi.Me comes in. According to Founder and Executive Chairman Julian Ranger, “By accessing rich data, on a consented basis, innovation can flourish.”ĭiscover more innovations helping users to get back control of their data in our latest Top 5 feature.Ĭonsumers are often unaware of how much data they hand over to companies. This therefore allows them to better understand their customers’ wants and needs. Businesses will benefit from access to richer, more accurate data with full user permission. The company makes money from data delivery fees – transaction fees paid when a client consents to share their data.ĭigi.me claims that bringing data together in one place will help users “redefine the relationship they have with their data, and with businesses and services that use it”. Users can also choose to share their personal data with businesses in exchange for services or rewards. In the future, will allow users to create personalised widgets to analyse their data any way they wish. ’s app allows users to extract information from the data, such as finding out if social media use affects purchase history. ![]() So far, allows users to download data from services such as Facebook, Fitbit, Spotify and medical record aggregator site M圜hart. Instead, the user dictates the storage location, such as on a hard drive or a cloud storage service. itself doesn’t view or store any of the downloaded personal data. The company’s app allows users to collect data from other companies and social networks and bring it all together in one place. A startup called has now created a “permission access platform” for personal data. At Springwise, we have seen innovations in privacy that include a router that protects data in the home and an encryption tool that can protect the personal data of ride hailing users. There has been a lot of discussion about ways that people can gain more control over their personal data.
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