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<title>FSFE supports recognition for User Data Rights</title>
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<h1>FSFE supports recognition for User Data Rights</h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">FSFE supports the publication of the <a href="https://userdatamanifesto.org/">User
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Data Manifesto 2.0</a>, which aims at defining basic rights for
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people to control their own data in the internet age. The
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manifesto is published today and also supported by GNOME, KDE,
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Netzpolitik.org, ownCloud, Spreed, “Terms of Service - Didn’t
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Read” and X-Lab.
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</p>
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<p>
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Today, users are increasingly using online services to perform
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their daily computing, whether it is for social networking,
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for collaboration, or for sharing pictures, among many other
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activities. Thus, users are losing control over their own data
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more than ever.
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</p>
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<p>
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According to the User Data Manifesto, people should have:
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</p>
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<ol>
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<li><strong>Control</strong> over user data access,</li>
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<li><strong>Knowledge</strong> of how user data is stored,
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and which laws or jurisdictions apply.</li>
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<li><strong>Freedom</strong> to choose a platform, without
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experiencing vendor lock-in. FSFE believes that Free Software
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is necessary to guarantee this.</li>
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</ol>
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<blockquote>
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“The recognition of the User Data Rights defined in the
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manifesto is an important block to build a free society in the
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digital age“ says Hugo Roy, deputy coordinator of FSFE’s Legal
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Team and coauthor of the User Data Manifesto.
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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“The freedoms to use, share, study and improve software that
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we use in our lives is a necessity not only for programs on
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our local machines, but also for the programs that run online
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services processing our data” according to Björn Schießle,
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deputy coordinator of FSFE’s German Team.
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</blockquote>
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<p>
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The manifesto is a good starting point for an important debate
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about users’ rights online. FSFE looks forward to other
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organisations joining the effort to promote online services
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that respects users’ rights and freedoms.
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</p>
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</body>
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<tags>
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag content="“Cloud Computing”">CloudComputing</tag>
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<tag content="Privacy">Privacy</tag>
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<tag content="Terms of Service">TermsOfService</tag>
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<tag content="Digital Freedoms">DigitalFreedoms</tag>
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</tags>
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</html>
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