On April 8, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe hosted Day of Cities in Geneva and invited Datafund to participate in a side panel on potentials of blockchain for Smart Cities. In his

Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised. Shoshana Zuboff Try fairdrop now! Our world is becoming increasingly

It looks like the grip of legislation is tightening around big data companies and here’s the new WIP to tell you all about it: Even military secrets are not safe on Facebook Facebook knowingly violated

From March 5 to 7, 2019, Asseth (Ethereum Association) is organizing the second edition of the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC), the main European Ethereum event. For the second year running the

A Week in Privacy #22 This week's A Week in Privacy has a couple of personal stories of life in the digital age, with a hint of business news and, of course, some classical antagonists: The Big Five tech

In the last week, we have taken important organizational steps towards making the Fair Data Society (FDS) initiative a reality. The latter is the central project of our bigger push to change the dysfunctional

Wow, 20 issues of WIP already! Without further ado, let’s take a look at what the new WIP has in store: Is Big Tech fusing with government surveillance? The Zuck is doing what he said he wouldn’t — merging

Neo: What truth? Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste, or see, or touch. A prison for your mind. 2018 is behind us and

At Datafund we firmly believe that the right to privacy is everyone’s basic right. But what good is a right lying somewhere out of sight, covered with dust? The mightiest of tools is worthless if we don’t

In the first blog post, we outlined our motivations for starting the Datafund project. In this blog post, we’ll provide context of regulatory changes ahead and how it is shaping our environment. But first…

The world is turning into a data-driven society and data has become the world’s most valuable commodity — the oil of the digital era (ref. Economist). Everything is quantified or about to be. Personal