Are addictive features inside digital products causing a public health problem? Is the attention economy’s model threatening our democracies and individuals’ freedom of choice? How can we measure, map and analyze the consequences of the attention economy on our society? To answer these questions, MyData Geneva hosted an event about “Problematic Internet Use” on October... Read More
Trust must be integrated into all aspects of business, data sharing included. A data economy based on trust is an essential part of socially responsible activities. It has been nearly three years since the start of Sitra’s fair data economy project. The project has several “sister projects” around the world. What all of the projects... Read More
As the General Manager of MyData Global, I’d like to warmly welcome everyone to the MyData 2019 conference! We’re so excited about the event taking place is just around the corner! thought I’d share a few thoughts on the conference, what’s new and what’s there for you. Whether you’re packing your suitcase or still... Read More
“The Great Hack” documentary movie was released on July 24th on Netflix. It tells the story of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal through the personal stories of a professor who sued Cambridge Analytica and a former senior Cambridge Analytica employee. Cambridge Analytica used intimate personal Facebook data to micro-target, mass personalize and manipulate... Read More
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Our strategic actions for 2019
You might have been wondering how we “pick our battles”. MyData Global staff uses the Objectives and Key Results -methodology (OKR) to set, align, communicate, and follow yearly objectives of the organisation. The General Manager reports progress on OKRs to the board every month. Staff members set more detailed individual OKRs on a quarterly... Read More