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Google will continue to support the Data Transfer Project with $3 million in funding and engineers working on its open-source tech to transfer data securely across, and sometimes out of, internet platforms.

Google has committed $3 million over the next five years, as well as hundreds of hours of its engineers' time, to improve data portability in the cloud.

Google has signalled it’s dialling up efforts around portability, announcing a plan yesterday to spend $3 million and “hundreds of hours” of its engineers’ time over the next five years to build on existing (sometimes very long-standing) initiatives in this area, such as the 2018 open source Data Transfer Project (DTP) to which Google is […]

In the wake of data breaches at Target and Equifax where hackers compromised the personal...

Facebook has rebuilt its Transfer Your Information utility from the ground up with a focus on user experience. The tool allows you to export your Facebook data to multiple services and platforms.

Table of ContentsExecutive SummaryI. IntroductionII. BackgroundIII. Policy Tools to Promote InteroperabilityIV. Interoperability: Risks and MitigationsV. ConclusionExecutive SummaryThe problems of corporate concentration and privacy on the Internet are inextricably linked. A new regime of...

It's time to reclaim our iPhones. The debate that's happening in courts and Congress about Big Tech's power is also playing out in the palm of our hands.

An iPhone owner's Bill of Rights

Have you ever tried to swap Siri for a better voice assistant on your iPhone? Dont...

Facebook posts can now be exported to Google Docs, WordPress Ewdison Then - Apr 19, 2021, 8:27pm CDT Depending on how you look at it, Facebook may have surpassed Google in being the poster child for harvesting personal data on the Internet. Considering how much of people’s online lives and information it has in its possession, the social media giant regularly gets pushed, mostly through laws and regulations, to take certain steps to secure and unlock users’ information. P...