Great food for thought, thanks Phil. Elias Bizannes http://eliasbizannes.com
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Steve Repetti <[email protected]>wrote: > Awesome, Phil! > > > > All valid --- just missing prioritization and integration with existing > targets. GREAT START! > > > > --Steve Repetti > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Phil Wolff > *Sent:* Friday, November 19, 2010 11:50 AM > *To:* [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Subject:* [DataPortability-Public] DataPortability Roadmap Ideas for > 2011/2012 > > > > I posted this to my blog yesterday afternoon, a collection of ideas not all > my own. bit.ly/aWsU7i Imagine what we'd look like with money and people > after 24 months. > > > > [image: lmdg-masthead01b]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/philwolff/3838863104/> > > I’m heading into a meeting this afternoon to talk about the DataPortability > Project <http://www.dataportability.org/> with a web site policy expert. Data > portability policy <http://portabilitypolicy.org/> as disclosure is a nice > and needed start. Looking ahead, what might the data portability movement > produce over the next year or two? Not in any order… > > *A Portability Gallery. *Examples of data portability in action. Less > about cautionary tales and more showing what can happen for people, groups > and businesses when it works. > > *A Doctrine. *The portability policy model is descriptive. This would be > prescriptive. A positive statement using the language of “must” and “should” > and “rights” and “good.” > > *An Issue for the 2012 federal and state election cycle.* “Dear Candidate, > where do you stand on…” > > *An academic conference *on defining the rights of people over their own > data, perhaps defining new rights not extant in current law. > > *A Portability Policy Bootstrap Consulting Methodology. *A project plan > that brings the right stakeholders together to learn about the portability > issues, to assign research into existing portability practices, to organize > and present the results internally, to activate the procedures needed to > keep the results fresh, to create processes for engaging with external > stakeholders on data portability matters, and to publish the results inside > and outside the organization. > > *A Portability Policy Consulting Association.* Members share their best > practices for helping companies adopt, improve, and troubleshoot portability > policies and practices. > > *A Portability Policy Audit Methodology.* Checklists, procedures, and > measures of completeness/quality when assessing whether a portability policy > is complete, in plain language, and true. > > *A Portability Auditor Association.* Members share their own best > practices for data portability policy audits, define standards for > certification, discuss best ways to market portability policy audits as > parts of their larger financial/legal/IT compliance service portfolio. > > *Data Portability Audit Software.* To help auditors validate compliance > with company policy. > > *DataPortability.gov.* The US government’s guide to data portability for > citizens, agencies and contractors. I could see pointers to citizen tools, > education, and feedback. Links to agency data portability policies and > action pages. > > *Data Portability Ombudsman Services.* Like the Better Business Bureau > meets GetSatisfaction <http://getsatisfaction.com/>. Company-sponsored > customer dispute resolution. > > *Model Language for API Terms of Service.* Similar to the customer-facing > policy, these boilerplate choices would spell out the data portability > obligations of service partners who use your customers’ data. > > *Watchdog Network.* Volunteers holding sites accountable, naming names, > talking to the press, in the spirit of privacy and environmental activists. > Let My Data Go! > > *Crisis network.* Rapid intervention when something bad happens. A site > closes, threatening to lose a million users’ data. A site ejects a user and > the user needs an ombudsman. A sites data portability policy no longer > reflects what they really do. > > *A Data Portability Media Group.* A listserv of bloggers, analysts and > reporters who’ve written about data portability and who cover portability > issues. > > *A Speakers Bureau.* From neighborhood meetups and chamber meetings to > industry conferences and college lectures, a place to find speakers. > > Hmmm. Catchy but very ambitious. > > What about reality? What about resources? > > Let’s pick that up in part 2 next month. > > *If you can help me get my hands on my data, call me at **+1-510-343-5664* > *, **Skype me**, follow *...@skypejournal* <http://twitter.com/skypejournal> > * and *...@evanwolf* <http://www.twitter.com/evanwolf>*. **Visit our Skype > Journal private technologist roundtable* <http://tinyurl.com/sjchat>*, one > of the longest running public Skype chats.* > > > Phil Wolff > managing editor, Skype Journal > http://SkypeJournal.com > [email protected] > skype:evanwolf > +1-510-444-8234 San Francisco > +1-510-316-9773 mobile > http://www.linkedin.com/in/philwolff > http://www.facebook.com/philwolff > http://twitter.com/evanwolf > http://dataportability.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "DataPortability.Public.General" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-public?hl=en > For additional information, please visit: > http://www.dataportability.org/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "DataPortability.Public.General" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-public?hl=en > For additional information, please visit: > http://www.dataportability.org/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DataPortability.Public.General" group. 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