Midata - some thinking on govenment policy


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Midata - access and control your personal data, this is the UK governments Consumer Empowerment Strategy for data….

The three main objectives of midata are to:

  • secure broad private-sector participation in the project, with a key number of businesses agreeing to release individual, personal data to consumers
  • let consumers access and use their data in a safe way
  • encourage businesses to develop innovative services and applications that will interpret and use the data for consumers

Agenda 1: consumer data

 “Giving people back their data” is billed as putting the customer back in control when forming or reviewing a relationship with a vendor. Sorry but this misses the point totally and most users don’t want their data. We generate vast amounts of data in creating and consuming. You will get zero understanding our consumption patterns based on the data – you need the algorithm and the output.

Please start protecting those who want to give data but have no value as they will be left out from FREE soon as I can spot them.  Also – no-one owns data……

Agenda 2: identity

There is a need to prove things: who you are, can you pay, entitlement-by-residence and so on.

The favoured approach is that of “federated identity assurance”. Not trying to create one massive database of people information against which things can be checked, but to use information sourced from a number of existing trusted relationships, in combination, to give sufficient assurance of identity.

Ignoring the issues about what is personal data – check out Personal Data Ecosystem PDEC (I am on the board)  Identity is more than your data and is more than what you can prove -  we need to get some new words in this area as Identity is just way to confusing.  Also I don’t need to prove who I am to buy anything?

Agenda 3: open for business

Well until someone in government wakes up that this is a service play – there is no manufacturing and very low employment but high tax income – others will be ahead in the delivery of this.

….But well done to mydex who are in there competing