DIGITAL STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVE

The Digital Stewardship Initiative (DSI) is an ongoing applied research and development collaboration focused on practices and processes to aid the accountable stewardship of personal data. DSI operates based on the understanding that there is an asymmetry that currently exists between citizens and companies that hold data on them. Individuals and self-organizing groups rely on services offered by private companies to be productive online, yet these companies utilize and disclose our digital footprints - the data generated by our online activities - in often un-transparent ways. This motivates us to conduct research and develop tools and resources to empower people to take more control over their digital lives and have a greater capacity to exercise their rights online for social and economic well-being... We are motivated to give people resources to help bring balance to the current trend of data operators like cloud service providers retaining, sharing, and getting value from..

Also known as: DSI