We ask this question because the UK’s Treasury is asking it, to inform the development of a National Strategy for Data. If we get the answers wrong, we could spend many years in the doldrums. But if we get them right, huge new opportunities could be opened up.
If order-of-magnitude reductions in the cost of key resources transform societies and economies, where do these cost reductions come from?
What’s the biggest obstacle to our society’s ability to unleash the full personal, social and economic potential of personal data?
In our experience, one of the prime candidates has to be the quest for ‘monetisation’. This isn’t just about the greed of…
Over the last 15 years, Governments around the world including the UK, along with many private sector firms, have poured huge amounts of time and money into attempts to solve the problem of online identity assurance (that is, making sure…
What is the one, single thing the UK Government could do to boost the operation and performance of the digital economy? In this blog, we explore the massive untapped potential of Verified Attributes.
Ten years ago, when we were setting up Mydex we published a White Paper — The Case for Information Empowerment the rise of Personal Data Stores — which set out our raison d’etre and vision. A lot has happened since then: the rise of…
