For individuals
Data about you should create value for you.
Interests, history and needs can make a service more useful. You should be able to understand which context is used, and why.

Start with something you need

Understand a news story
Explore several presentations of a story, and examine what challenges your first impression.
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Describe a task
Ideallya Missions is live. The nonprofit Ideallya helps you move from a described need to possible suppliers and offers you can assess.
Read morePersonal does not mean unlimited access.
A service may benefit from knowing that you like documentaries. That does not mean it needs every piece of information that exists about you. A purpose should justify data use, not just the ability to collect more.
There is also a difference between something you have provided yourself and something a service has inferred. An assumption about your interests may be wrong. Such differences should be visible and open to discussion.
When you want to know more about your data
See the privacy page for this website and the information in the service you use. Contact us about access, correction or deletion, and state which service your request concerns. Do not include sensitive information in the first message.