An individual is the only ethical integration point for their own data from different sources.

The Consortium catalyzes a Personal Data Ecosystem where individuals control their own data by enabling a thriving network of businesses around personal data stores and services. Our two constituency initiatives:

  • The Startup Circle - for startups committed to putting people in control of their own data, open standards and interoperability
  • Industry Collaborative - for existing industries seeking to understand opportunities, launch pilot projects and ultimately offer services in the ecosystem.

Learn more about programs – Vision Development and Evangelism, Industry Outreach and Standards Engagement.
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The Startup Circle

These companies are part of the first class of the PDEC Startup Circle. They are developing the tools and systems for personal control over personal data. Architecting user-managed systems to track and manage a new asset class with value in the billions: personal data. Privacy protections are just the tip of the iceberg; the industry [...]

Industry Collaborative

PDEC was founded in 2010 to educate industry, facilitate cooperation, and inspire the development of an ecosystem where individuals are empowered to collect, manage, and obtain value from their own personal data. An advisor to the World Economic Forum’s Rethinking Personal Data Project, PDEC collects, filters, and analyzes trends and ideas within and outside this [...]

PDEC Programs

Standards Engagement and Development Community Participation: To succeed, an effective personal data ecosystem needs to use open standards to allow many different services to interoperate.    Many of these already exist, or are under development however it is not possible for all companies to engage with all the various standards efforts or to track all the [...]

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