A new study conducted by computer science researchers at Karlstad University shows few people actually know how their personal information is being collected, used, shared and accessed. But with new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming next year, there will be higher demands on the possibility for users to access their own personal data.
Next year, we can expect the new EU GDPR to be applied, which will bring the possibility for users to access their own data. Basically, all net-based services that store personal information will be required to provide the possibility for users to access and download their own data. Although that is good news for users, it’s not enough. Just downloading personal data is not helpful for most people because they need to be able to visualize that information in a proper way in order to truly understand it.
That’s why Farzaneh Karegar, a doctoral student in computer science, and her colleagues decided to develop a tool – Data Track – that could help people download and visualize their personal data.
With Data Track, people will be able to download and visualize their own personal information from service providers such as Google and Facebook. They will also be able to change data saved remotely on the Internet simply by downloading and editing it and then uploading it again.
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Karlstad University via ScienceDaily (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170404124415.htm)
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