The Personal Data Locker: A Project Whose Time Has Come

A New Platform for our Digital Lives

David Siegel
Nov 6 · 16 min read

My name is David Siegel. I’m a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I’ve started 25 companies and written five books on technology and business. In this document, I describe a new nonprofit to create a better future for people around the world.

The Problem: Our Data is Everywhere

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