The Data Portability and Services Incubator (DAPSI) is looking for internet innovators in Europe, including in Slovenia, with ideas to solve Data Portability challenges, for a vibrant 9-month programme (September 2020 to May 2021), supported by the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet initiative.
Every day and nearly all the time, citizens transmit data to their various counterparts and business partners as customers, users, participants, applicants or even as patients. The European Commission’s reports evidence massive data breaches and the mishandling of personal data by large online platforms.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies since 25 May 2018. Specifically, Article 20 has the purpose of making it significantly easier for citizens to have any data which is stored with one service provider transmitted directly to another provider. This means that providers of data processing services must adopt interoperable formats that enable data portability as soon as possible.
A standard operating procedure which is clear, feasible and predictable seems to provide good protection. However, it is still unclear how this theoretically plausible portability will be implemented. In this uncertain and underdeveloped path, advanced research is needed to set the principles to allow the implementation of Data Portability solutions and give the concerned persons better control over their personal data.
