A paper by Ann Cavoukian, PhD, the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, describes the systems and initiatives driving the Personal Data Ecosystem and how they seek to address the challenge of protecting and promoting privacy, while at the same time, encouraging the socio-economic opportunities and benefits of personal information as a new asset class. The paper features case studies of the Personal Data Vault and platform at Washington-based Personal Inc., and the personal data network belonging to San Francisco-based Respect Network, plus invaluable market data on the emerging PDE provided by Ctrl-Shift of London:
Privacy by Design and the Emerging Personal Data Ecosystem (pdf)