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Check out #OExchange, a data portability protocol

By Phil Wolff, on June 3rd, 2010%

New: “OExchange is an open protocol for sharing any URL with any service on the web.” . . . → Read More: Check out #OExchange, a data portability protocol

Data portability in the Credit Card industry

By Elias Bizannes, on May 28th, 2010%

Credit card data portability . . . → Read More: Data portability in the Credit Card industry

Dataportability officially endorses the Health Data Bill of Rights

By Anthony Broad-Crawford, on July 25th, 2009%

We previously wrote in regards to the Dataportability Healthcare Taskforce endorsing the Health Data Bill of Rights. We are now pleased to announce that the Dataportability project is officially endorsing the Health Data Bill of Rights as stated below ….

In an era when technology allows personal health information to be more easily stored, . . . → Read More: Dataportability officially endorses the Health Data Bill of Rights

Lobby against the password anti-pattern

By Elias Bizannes, on July 16th, 2009%

Back in January, I wrote how it’s time to criminalise the password anti-pattern. The password anti-pattern is where service A requires you to enter your service B username and password so service A can act for you with your B service. It teaches you how to be phished, and the only way to resolve . . . → Read More: Lobby against the password anti-pattern

DataPortability Project Plenary Quarterly Meeting – Q2 09 July 21st 16:00 – 17:00 UTC

By Daniela Barbosa, on July 14th, 2009%

FROM: Daniela Barbosa, DataPortability Project chair, TO: DataPortability Project Members and Supporters RE: Quarterly Plenary Meeting- Q2 09

As per our 2009 strategic goals, the Steering Group of the DataPortability Project will be responsible for quarterly plenary meetings to engage the community more with what we are doing. The plenary is an important part . . . → Read More: DataPortability Project Plenary Quarterly Meeting – Q2 09 July 21st 16:00 – 17:00 UTC

POWER.COM Serves FACEBOOK a PR HEADACHE, Thrusts DATA PORTABILITY into LEGAL Spotlight

By Steve Repetti, on July 10th, 2009%

Yesterday, social aggregator POWER.COM filed a countersuit against Facebook that raises some thorny issues for Facebook and adds some interesting defenses for the case of data portability and personal data ownership. It is not yet clear from reading the pleadings whether either party will win in this escalating case (there are some key issues and concepts on both sides that a Court will have to wade through), but it is clear the issue of Data Portability comes center stage. . . . → Read More: POWER.COM Serves FACEBOOK a PR HEADACHE, Thrusts DATA PORTABILITY into LEGAL Spotlight

Improving portability between the practice and the patient

By Anthony Broad-Crawford, on July 6th, 2009%

Dataportability has been focusing on Healthcare for almost a year now with its Healthcare Taskforce. Recently, this taskforce came across the Health Data Bill of Rights. In summary, the rights are as follows

In an era when technology . . . → Read More: Improving portability between the practice and the patient

DataPortability Community Invited to Semantic Technologies Conference in San Jose, CA June 14-19th, Free and Discounted Options

By Daniela Barbosa, on June 9th, 2009%

We are hosting a DataPortability get-together at SemTech 2009, the Semantic Technology Conference, at the San Jose Fairmont on Monday, June 15, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm. As an added bonus, when you register to attend this meetup, you will get access to Chris Saad’s conference session which takes place immediately prior (5:00pm-6:00pm)!

You need . . . → Read More: DataPortability Community Invited to Semantic Technologies Conference in San Jose, CA June 14-19th, Free and Discounted Options

Open Arms: a data portability approach

By Phil Wolff, on May 6th, 2009%

Caveat Lector: this is a rough draft of my thinking on what a Portability EULA/ToS should say/do/include. Please comment. In the EULA/ToS task force, we are exploring ways of explaining portability with simple analogies. – Phil

We’ve discussed Graceful Exit, the ability for people to control their departure from a site or . . . → Read More: Open Arms: a data portability approach

So what has the DataPortability Project been doing?

By Elias Bizannes, on March 30th, 2009%

Tomorrow, we will be holding first quarterly plenary meeting – where the community at large can question the DataPortability Project’s leadership. As a member of the plenary (membership is free – contact the Steering Groups Secretary Steve Repetti for more information), you can make binding decisions as well.

So since this is our first . . . → Read More: So what has the DataPortability Project been doing?