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Evolving how we manage personal data to a network-based model

Evolving how we manage personal data to a network-based model

So, let’s talk architecture. I think we all know that architectures change over time as new things become possible. Those monstrosities of the 50’s and 60’s in London were built that way because new things became possible with concrete, and the cost of doing so reduced. Likewise

What is FedID? And why is it so important?

What is FedID? And why is it so important?

FedID is a way for people to establish their own universal login credential – a portable representation of themselves that fits seamlessly into existing standard infrastructure. Login with Google or Facebook actually runs on a web protocol called Open ID Connect, or OIDC. OIDC is the most widely used way to

AI needs data permission & provenance

Data Provenance

AI needs data permission & provenance

Machine Learning, now popularly called AI, offers great promise for a wide variety of applications, however it also has a number of serious problems, many of them less severe than the total extinction of humanity. One of the most fundamental problems with many of the implementations of AI is the

Reflections on the MyData Global 2023 conference

Reflections on the MyData Global 2023 conference

We have just finished a fantastic Mydata 2023 conference, and thought it best to write up some notes and thoughts before heading home and catching up with sleep!! Firstly, let's congratulate the organisers and the great city of Helsinki. The pandemic caused a gap, and last year some

How JLINC enables governed data spaces

How JLINC enables governed data spaces

In looking forward to the MyData Global 2023 conference this week, I thought it might be a good idea to post some thoughts on how the JLINC protocol enables and underpins governed data ecosystems, also known as Data Spaces. Before doing so, it might be a good idea to set

The JLINC protocol - Business perspective

The JLINC protocol - Business perspective

This post builds on the intro to JLINC and the patent at: www.jlinc.com/post/jlinc-patent In this post we drill into the business and commercial use cases and implications. A further post will cover the detailed technical perspectives. Since the World Wide Web emerged in the mid 1990’

JLINC overview for developers

JLINC overview for developers

JLINC is a protocol for sharing data protected by an agreement on the terms under which the data is being shared. The agreement is known as an Information Sharing Agreement (ISA),which can be a reference to a standardized agreement (a Standard InformationSharing Agreement or SISA) or to a one-off

JLINC patent enables 2-way permissioned Internet data exchange

JLINC patent enables 2-way permissioned Internet data exchange

The US PTO issued Internet Data Usage Control System on January 17, 2023. The patent grants broad coverage for JLINC, which provides a new mechanism to control how data may be used after it is exchanged. Originally developed to give people agency over personal data, as required under GDPR in

Co-managing my data

Data Provenance

Co-managing my data

This post sets out a vision for what could become a sustainable set of human-centric processes around the sourcing, management and use of personal data. Our context for doing so is that the current model for personal data management on The Internet is badly broken and has architectural limitations that

A modest proposal

A modest proposal

Kaliya – Identity Woman has authored many seminal posts including a lucid discussion of the nature of online identity that I still find myself referring people to, 10 years later. She’s done it again with “Where to begin with OIDC and SIOP” (OpenID Connect / Self-Issued OpenID Provider) – demonstrating her unique

The idea that will save the data business

The idea that will save the data business

Here's why the data industry is in dire straits — and what will save them. (Hint: it's us.) Here's why the data industry is in dire straits — and what will save them. (Hint: it's us.) Demand for privacy = data ain't so

Blockchain 2.0: controlling your data across the internet

Data Provenance

Blockchain 2.0: controlling your data across the internet

Jim Fournier The JLINC Protocol is the interoperable solution for transparent crypto-contracts – cryptographically signed 'data exchange contracts'. JLINC offers a simple elegant path to distributed Internet data control solutions, for everything from personal data in the EU, to B2B contract automation, to medical data, to binding IoT agreements

JLINC and the Internet

Data Provenance

JLINC and the Internet

My Co-founder, Victor Grey, has just completed a whitepaper that explains JLINC in five pages. JLINC Technical Philosophy provides a concise background rooted in the lineage of ideas that led up to the JLINC protocol, and explains how it achieves a new paradigm for data exchange on the internet. This

Me-commerce — from push to pull

Me-commerce — from push to pull

"Pull's so 3008; Push is so 2000 and late." — Fergie I’ve been reflecting of late that I’ve now been working in what amounts to direct or data-driven marketing for 31 years. I guess that’s what happens when one’s university course choice is

Should online privacy really mean confidentiality?

Should online privacy really mean confidentiality?

JLINC can deliver that On May 25th the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. The following morning the sun rose right on schedule, and people went about their daily lives as if nothing had changed. In fact, people had been receiving email messages from online services for