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YOU? · · 2018 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.61557/ckik9198 · OA: W4398227206

We don't 'own' dataAt the ODI, we believe that data does not belong to any one person, not least because data about us is often also about other people.Our DNA, for example, reveals information about our parents and family.Utility bills reveal who we live with.Health records contain information about medical professionals.This is why we do not refer to 'my or your data' but instead use 'data about me, you, us or them'.Many people can have rights to -and responsibilities for -data.For instance, many people and organisations may have intellectual property rights due to their contributions to the data.In transport, people often take journeys with family or friends, so ticket or location data can be connected to or used to identify more than one person.In connected vehicles such as cars, drivers and their passengers may be connected with other traffic participants.By avoiding possessive pronouns we hope to encourage understanding of the wider network of relationships involved in data collection and use.Put simply, neither individuals or organisations should think of themselves as owning data.Instead they should think of themselves as holding or stewarding data with the goals of both protecting the rights of people impacted by the data and ensuring that people who have the right to access and use it can get the data when they need it to make a decision. Open Data Institute 2018Personal data in transport: exploring a framework for the future 4 mapped a cyclist's journeys with TfL data , or identified trips made by taxi drivers 5 in New York .6Consumers and regulators are becoming more engaged with the issues around this and personal data more broadly.How organisations develop their personal 2 This report focuses on transport customers, but we note that employees of transport companies, like bus drivers and station guards, are also affected by most of these issues.3 While this report is on transport, we note location data raises issues for many industries 4 Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, César A. Hidalgo, Michel Verleysen & Vincent D. Blonde