Web inventor urges users to seek 'complete control' of data.
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee on Monday slammed the increasing commodification of personal information and appealed for internet users to strive to maintain"complete control" of their data.
When it comes to personal data,"you should not be able to sell it for money," he said,"because it's a right". In this scenario,"your browser actually has more information then Amazon does", he said, warning against complacency in expecting no harm will come from this loss of control over one's own data.People needed to do more to protect themselves and their data and not to simply expect that governments will look out for their best interests, he argued.
"Sometimes it has to be legislation which says personal data, you know, genetic data, should never be used," he said.
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