Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter join Data Transfer Project

To help billions of users manage their data and help them transfer that into and out of online services without privacy issues four tech giants Facebook Google Microsoft and Twitter on Friday announced to join the open source initiative called Data Transfer Project DTPIn the early stages at the moment the Data Transfer Project will help users of one service to use their data to sign up for another service with encryptionUsing your data from one service when you sign up for another still isnt as easy as it should be Today were excited to announce that were participating in the Data Transfer Project said Steve Satterfield Privacy and Public Policy Director at Facebook in a statementThe initiative comes at a time when datasharing is making headlines be it the massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal or thirdparty apps accessing users data at various platforms amid countries announcing new dataprotection laws like the European General Data Regulation Protection GDPRMoving data between any two services can be complicated because every service is built differently and uses different types of data that may require unique privacy controls and settingsFor example you might use an app where you share photos publicly a social networking app where you share updates with friends and a fitness app for tracking your workouts said SatterfieldThese are the kinds of issues the Data Transfer Project will tackle The Project is in its early stages and we hope more organisations and experts will get involved he addedThe Data Transfer Project uses services existing APIs and authorisation mechanisms to access data It then uses service specific adapters to transfer that data into a common format and then back into the new services APIAccording to Google the project will let users transfer data directly from one service to another without needing to download and reupload itThe tech giants also released a white paper on this projectThe future of portability will need to be more inclusive flexible and open Our hope for this project is that it will enable a connection between any two publicfacing product interfaces for importing and exporting data directly read the white paperAccording to Damien Kieran Data Protection Officer at Twitter right now much of the online products and services we use do not interact with each other in a coherent and intuitive fashionInformation that is housed on one platform cannot be easily and securely transferred to other services This is not a positive collective experience for the people who use our services and we are keen to work through some of the challenges as an industry Twitter saidThe Data Transfer Project was formed in 2017 to create an opensource servicetoservice data portability platform so that all individuals across the web could easily move their data between online service providers whenever they wantCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever