And in this single statement 👇 @MattHancock demonstrates not only his profound ignorance, but his underlying thinking - that information about you is a #TradableAsset.
Who "owns" the fact of your relationship with your sister? You? Her? Or your date of birth? Your current age?
Who "owns" the fact of your relationship with your sister? You? Her? Or your date of birth? Your current age?
https://twitter.com/Reema__Patel/status/1405076520822054912
Let's not even get started on things like #genomic data (i.e. data derived from your #DNA) which says things not only about you, but your relatives. Who "owns" that?
The reason the #powerful want people to think they "own" their #PersonalData - rather than it being protected...
The reason the #powerful want people to think they "own" their #PersonalData - rather than it being protected...
...by a strong, well-enforced #rights framework - is that they can #force or #fool you into surrendering it, so the data you give them becomes THEIR "#property" to #exploit.
If '#DataIsTheNewOil', as they want you to believe, then what does that make YOU?
If '#DataIsTheNewOil', as they want you to believe, then what does that make YOU?
N.B. If Gov't was truly serious about #citizens having greater #control over their #PersonalData it could legislate for #InformationalPrivity* (though #LloydVsGoogle may get there first) noting it would have to be an AND, not an OR to existing #rights.
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