Toward a Solid Acceptance of the Decentralized Web of Personal Data: Societal and Technological Convergence Universiteit Hasselt Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Citizens using common on-line services such as social media, health tracking, or online shopping effectively hand over control of their personal data to the service providers — often large corporations. The services using and processing personal data are also holding the data. This situation is problematic, as has been recognized for some time: competition and innovation are stifled; data is duplicated; and citizens are in a weak position to ...