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In our workshop on data rights policymakers, activists, and citizen engagement groups came together to discuss their personal thoughts and feelings on data rights and data ownership. Understanding and dealing with the challenges around data rights calls for a comprehensive social perspective on data. One of the main findings was that new regulatory frameworks need to be evolved in order to implement the requests for more agency over how data about us is used and more insight into how automated decisions are made about us.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never before has data played such an integral role in how we live. Daily, we are asked to make decisions about personal data about us. We are only just starting to grasp the impact that these decisions have on us, and others. In hope of being able to track the spread of the coronavirus,\u00a0the German mobile network operators have recently decided to share data about people\u2019s movement with state institutions. The users are not being asked for their consent, but have to actively opt-out of the evaluation. This shows the vulnerability of personal data and the prevailing importance of concerning oneself with questions of data rights. How can we weigh the societal added value from using this data against the basic protection of data rights?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, the RSA<\/em><\/a>, the Open Data Institute<\/em><\/a> and Luminate<\/em><\/a> conducted a research project on exactly this question of personal data rights vs the societal benefits. They questioned a small but representative selection of the UK public on their understanding of the use of data about them, what they thought about the rights they have and the idea of ownership of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In our Berlin workshop, Renate Samson<\/strong> (Senior Policy Advisor, The Open Data Institute) and Asheem Singh<\/strong> (Director of Economy, RSA) presented their research project. Das Progressive Zentrum brought policymakers, activists, and citizen engagement groups together to discuss the opportunities for extending and embedding further rights and responsibilities around data. Adriana Groh<\/strong> (Director Prototype Fund, Open Knowledge Foundation), Michael Peters <\/strong>(Director Code for Germany, Open Government Netzwerk) and Lutz Mache<\/strong> (Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google) each gave a response on data rights in the German context.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can follow the conversation on the study and share your views on Twitter at #WeAreNotRobots<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key discussion points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Data rights and the GDPR<\/h2>
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The workshop-attendees considered data rights and the European GDPR<\/a> to be essential but wanted more from legislators. An opportunity to strengthen or evolve the regulation offers a chance to develop the following key requests, made by the participants of the study as well as the workshop: more agency over how data about us is used, more control through opt-in by default <\/strong>(as opposed to opt-out) of data sharing, and more control and insight into how our data is used within automated decisions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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