Knowledge · Ecosystem
The personal data ecosystem
105 organizations that set out to help people hold, control, share or get value from their own data: stores and vaults, wallets, marketplaces, standards, communities and governments. What each does, and what became of it.
This map is an accumulation of Dr. Michael J. Becker’s research, beginning with his doctoral dissertation (Becker, 2024), and will grow with contributions from members of the Praxamark™ Commons.
- Active 49 (47%)
- Acquired 7 (7%)
- Shut down 35 (33%)
- Unknown 14 (13%)
Source: Becker (2024), Appendix B, checked 6–7 November 2026. Identity Praxis, Inc. © 2026
A bite of Me
“I've data mined myself. I've violated my own privacy. Now I am selling it all. But how much am I worth?”
Data-for-value marketplace · Community, research and advocacy · Personal informatics and lifelogging
A one-off 2013 Kickstarter art and data project by Federico Zannier, with no activity found after the campaign (funding outcome not verified; Kickstarter returned 403).
kickstarter.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: crowdfundinsider.com
Allow
“Take Control of Your Personal Information”
Consent and privacy management · Data-for-value marketplace
i-allow.com now hosts an unrelated site called 'Mini Course Generator'.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2012) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: i-allow.com
BBC BOX: Together+ DataPod
“Watch parties get a privacy focus”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
BBC R&D trial on BBC Taster from October 2022, built with Inrupt Solid Pods; no activity found after the trial (bbc.co.uk could not be fetched).
inrupt.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: advanced-television.com, inrupt.com
Bhutan National Digital Identity
“We enable trusted interaction between individuals and service providers”
Wallet and identity · Government programme
Site carries news up to a July 2026 MoU with Sierra Leone; first CEO appointed June 2025.
bhutanndi.com · Checked 6 November 2026
BitsaboutMe
“Unlocking Value from Your Shopping Receipts; Fair Trade for Data”
Data-for-value marketplace · Personal data store or vault
BitsaboutMe AG (CHE-274.779.417) is listed as 'in Liquidation'; PitchBook shows it out of business with a liquidation dated June 2024.
bitsabout.me · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: onlineinfo.ch, pitchbook.com
CitizenMe
“The data platform with more humanity”
Data-for-value marketplace · Personal data store or vault
Site is live, but its newest assets date from October 2024 and the latest news found is a 2021 funding round, so current operation is unconfirmed.
citizenme.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: uktech.news
Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity
“An open technical standard providing publishers, creators, and consumers the ability to trace the origin of different types of media.”
Standards and protocols
Site last updated 8 January 2026 and links to specification version 2.3.
c2pa.org · Checked 6 November 2026
CozyCloud
“A smart personal cloud to gather all your data”
Personal data store or vault
Acquired by Linagora (2025, reported)
Taken over by Linagora (tie-up reported from May 2025) and rebranded into its Twake Workplace suite; deal date and terms are not confirmed.
cozy.io · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: next.ink, cfnews.net
Cufflink
“A safe and secure app to help people control their personal data”
Personal data store or vault · Consent and privacy management
cufflink.io now returns an empty page; Wayback has a March 2026 capture; latest news found is from 2020–21; no Companies House record was found.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2026) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: bangor.ac.uk
CyDigital
“Deepening the Brand-Consumer Relationship; Empowering b2c marketers with consumer-controlled, privacy first consumer clickstream data”
Data-for-value marketplace · Consent and privacy management
cyd.digital now redirects (301) to an unrelated domain; last archived capture is December 2023.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2023) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: gust.com
Data Privacy Stichting (Dutch Data Vault Foundation)
“Data back in your own hands”
Personal data store or vault · Consent and privacy management
Site carries a © 2026 footer; the Stichting Nederlandse Datakluis runs Solid pods and describes itself as a Data Governance Act data intermediation service.
datakluis.nl · Checked 6 November 2026
Data Transfer Project
“Dedicated policy and engineering resources to the promotion of data portability”
Data portability and access · Standards and protocols
Now the Data Transfer Initiative; latest blog post is dated 27 October 2026.
dtinit.org · Checked 6 November 2026
data.fm
“This Read/Write Linked Data service is free (and open-source) for educational and personal use.”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
data.fm refuses connections (host on MIT's network); only archived copies remain.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2013) · Checked 6 November 2026
Databox (Nottingham University Data Box Project)
“Enhancing accountability and giving individuals control over the use of their personal data.”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
EPSRC project that ran 2016–2019; last commit to the code repository was 10 June 2020.
github.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: github.com, imperial.ac.uk
Datacoup
“The personal data revolution. It’s time to capture, control, and profit from your personal data.”
Data-for-value marketplace
Site is frozen with a '© 2020 Datacoup, Inc' footer and 2019 documents; no later activity was found.
datacoup.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: crunchbase.com
DataPal
“Connect Your Data”
Personal data store or vault · Data portability and access
Site carries a © 2026 footer and lists 2025 Smart Data, Ctrl Shift and MyData awards.
datapal.me · Checked 6 November 2026
DataSapien
“Trusted, Human-Centric Marketing for Growth”
Data-for-value marketplace · Consent and privacy management
Site says its platform has been 'live since Q1 2026' (company's own claim); page assets updated May 2026.
datasapien.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Datasette
“A tool for exploring and publishing data”
Personal informatics and lifelogging
Open-source project (a paid Datasette Cloud hosting service also exists); core release 1.0a41 dated 24 September 2026.
datasette.io · Checked 6 November 2026
DataYogi
“Unlocking the power of your data”
Personal data store or vault
datayogi.me now redirects (301) to an unrelated site; last archived capture is December 2023.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2023) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: thefingerprint.co.uk
Datum
“Blockchain Data Storage and Monetization”
Data-for-value marketplace · Personal data store or vault
Site still serves the DAT-token data network pages with no dates, and no news after the 2017–2018 ICO era was found, so current activity is unconfirmed.
Decentralized Identity Foundation
“Together we’re building a new identity ecosystem”
Standards and protocols · Wallet and identity · Community, research and advocacy
Search listings show DIF Newsletter #66 dated 21 October 2026 on the blog.
identity.foundation · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: blog.identity.foundation, blog.identity.foundation
Decentralized Personal Data Store based on Ethereum
“More data, better treatment”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
Academic paper (Alessi et al.; a journal version appeared in JCOMSS in 2019), not an operating service; no maintained system was found, and the IEEE page could not be read.
ieeexplore.ieee.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: hrcak.srce.hr
Diaspora
“The online social world where you are in control”
Community, research and advocacy
Version 0.9.1.0 released 7 April 2026.
diasporafoundation.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: blog.diasporafoundation.org
Digi.me
“Your medical records in one place you control. Completely free.”
Health data · Personal data store or vault · Data portability and access
Acquired by World Data Exchange (WDX) (2022)
Owned by World Data Exchange (acquired 2022 per the 2024 entry); the digi.me site now says it 'is replaced by WDX Health'.
wdxglobal.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: digi.me
Digital Flanders
“Reconnects Citizens With Their Data”
Government programme · Personal data store or vault
The Flemish data utility athumi (set up May 2023) renewed its Inrupt partnership in March 2024 and was still cited in a September 2025 W3C Solid item; athumi.be was not fetched directly.
athumi.be · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: inrupt.com, lists.w3.org
Dogsheep Project
“Tools for personal analytics using SQLite and Datasette”
Personal informatics and lifelogging · Data portability and access
Open-source tools by Simon Willison. The site is up, and the newest code was pushed to the dogsheep GitHub org on 11 Sep 2026.
dogsheep.github.io · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: github.com, github.com
Eclipse Higgins
“A personal identity manager”
Wallet and identity · Community, research and advocacy
Eclipse lists the project as Archived. Its last release, 1.0.1, came out on 15 Apr 2008.
projects.eclipse.org · Checked 6 November 2026
FISE
“Own Your Digital Identity & Data; Own Your Ideas, Secure Your Future”
Wallet and identity · Personal data store or vault
fiseportal.com now returns only a BunnyCDN error page. The last Open Collective updates are from Mar–May 2024. Shut down is inferred from the dead site and no activity for 2+ years; no closure notice was found.
opencollective.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Fulcra Dynamics Corporation
“The essential tool for you and your AI agents(s) to understand what’s happening in your life.”
Personal informatics and lifelogging · Personal data store or vault
The site is live and offers a personal data store for AI agents, with an MCP server, CLI and API.
fulcradynamics.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Gener8
“Make your data work for you”
Data-for-value marketplace · Consent and privacy management
The site is live with a © 2026 footer. Its app, browser and extension, which reward users for their data, are still offered.
gener8ads.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Get my Data
“All of Your Data. One Request.”
Data portability and access · Consent and privacy management
The getmydata.xyz domain now redirects to a GoDaddy for-sale parking page.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2022) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: forsale.godaddy.com
Google Takeout
“Your account, your data.”
Data portability and access
Google's data export service is still running.
takeout.google.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: takeout.google.com
Hestia
“We give users control over their data. Are you in?”
Data portability and access · Community, research and advocacy
The HestiaLabs site is still up, but its newest dated item is from about June 2021. The parent company, Hestia.ai (Switzerland), now sells custom AI services to SMEs.
hestia.ai · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: hestialabs.org
Hie of One
“Managing personal health information shouldn’t be so hard.”
Health data · Personal data store or vault
The site is live (© 2025) and offers open-source, patient-controlled health record projects (Trustee, NOSH, MAIA), described as in beta.
hieofone.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Hub Of All Things
“Own Your Own Personal Data Server and Private AI”
Personal data store or vault
hubofallthings.com now shows a 'Squarespace - Website Expired' page, and dataswyft.io failed to load. The Dataswift GitHub org last had pushes in Feb 2026, so current status is unclear.
github.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: hubofallthings.com
Hyperledger Foundation
“Building better together | The open source global ecosystem for enterprise-grade blockchain technologies”
Standards and protocols · Community, research and advocacy
Merged into Linux Foundation (LF Decentralized Trust) (2024)
Merged into the Linux Foundation's LF Decentralized Trust in 2024 (rename date not confirmed on its site). hyperledger.org now redirects (301) to lfdecentralizedtrust.org.
lfdecentralizedtrust.org · Checked 6 November 2026
ID Hole
“Putting the Power of Big Data into the hands of everyday Americans.”
Data-for-value marketplace
idhole.com still answers, but shows only a login page with a © 2011 footer or a 406 error. No recent activity was found.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2024) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: idhole.com
Identity Commons
“[T]o create the world’s premier electronic system for individuals and organizations to interact commercially, socially and personally, while providing every entity with control of its information, identity, and relationships consistent with healthy communities.”
Community, research and advocacy
identitycommons.org now points to idcommons.org. That site is up but undated, with placeholder text and assets from 2018. Its iiw.idcommons.net wiki still holds IIW session notes.
idcommons.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: iiw.idcommons.net
iGrant
“Data exchange and verification services with digital wallets.”
Wallet and identity · Consent and privacy management
iGrant Technologies AB is based in Sweden, not the United States. Its site lists 2026 EUDI wallet events running to Nov 2026.
igrant.io · Checked 6 November 2026
IndieComputing
“Your Valuable Data, Under Your Control”
Personal data store or vault
indiecomputing.com now just points to ubos.net. The last UBOS blog post is dated 7 Nov 2024.
Inrupt
“Harness the web as a data platform for everyone”
Personal data store or vault · Wallet and identity
The site is live and markets Agentic Wallets and Data Wallets. The newest dated material is from 2025 (© 2020–2025).
inrupt.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Internet Identity Workshop
“Probing and solving identity issues twice every year since 2005.”
Community, research and advocacy
IIW #43 ran 3–5 Nov 2026, and dates are set through Oct 2027.
internetidentityworkshop.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Itsmydata
“Zeig, dass du ein vertrauenswürdiger Mieter bist. [Show that you are a trustworthy tenant..]”
Data portability and access · Wallet and identity
The site is live, selling BonitätsPass and MieterMappe, with customer reviews dated as late as 3 Nov 2026.
itsmydata.de · Checked 6 November 2026
Jaguar “Earn As You Drive” program
“Earn As You Drive”
Data-for-value marketplace
An April 2019 JLR and IOTA pilot run from Shannon, Ireland. No reports of a commercial launch or follow-up were found.
blog.iota.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: cnbc.com
Lifescope
“Control of your personal data is a human right.”
Personal informatics and lifelogging · Personal data store or vault
lifescope.io now redirects (301) to Companion Intelligence (ci.computer). LifeScopeLabs repos last had pushes in Mar 2026, and no source states how the two are related.
ci.computer · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: github.com
Locker Project
“A Data Platform to the People in the Era of Data Everywhere”
Personal data store or vault · Personal informatics and lifelogging
Discontinued. Its sponsor, Singly, was bought by Appcelerator in Aug 2013, and the project faded after that.
en.wikipedia.org · Checked 6 November 2026
Meeco
“Enterprise infrastructure for the personal data economy.”
Personal data store or vault · Wallet and identity · Consent and privacy management
Its latest press release, from 10 Sep 2025, announced selection for the KickStart Innovation Program 2025.
midata
“The midata vision of consumer empowerment”
Government programme · Data portability and access
Voluntary UK government consumer-data programme announced 3 Nov 2011; GOV.UK now marks the page as published under the 2010–2015 coalition government, and the programme no longer runs.
gov.uk · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: pinsentmasons.com
MIDATA
“MIDATA shows how data can be used for the | common good, while at the same time ensuring the citizens’ control over their personal data.”
Health data · Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
Swiss non-profit data cooperative whose site posted a news item in October 2026.
midata.coop · Checked 6 November 2026
Midy Data Spaces by Gen
“Real people, real conversations”
Wallet and identity · Consent and privacy management
Gen Digital digital-ID app (later 'Midy by Norton'); midy.com no longer resolves and the App Store listing returns 404, though no official sunset notice was found.
midy.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: apps.apple.com, biometricupdate.com
Mine
“Be smarter with your personal data online”
Consent and privacy management
Site live with a 2026 copyright; Mine now sells a data privacy and governance suite to businesses.
saymine.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Muuver
“The world’s first personal data agency. Our product is trust”
Data-for-value marketplace · Consent and privacy management
Site still online, but it has no dated content after about 2020 and no recent news was found, so current activity can't be confirmed.
muuver.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: muuver.com
My Fair Data
“Secure and simplify your digital life.”
Personal data store or vault · Consent and privacy management
Fair&Smart's MyFairData; myfairdata.com and fairandsmart.com both return HTTP 503, and PitchBook lists the company as acquired (30 Jan 2024, acquirer not named), which could not be confirmed.
myfairdata.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: pitchbook.com, lejournaldesentreprises.com
MyData
“We help people and organisations to benefit from personal data in a human-centric way. To create a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society for all.”
Community, research and advocacy
MyData Global, an international non-profit, published a position paper on 13 Aug 2026.
mydata.org · Checked 6 November 2026
MyDex
“Mydex Community Interest Company takes a Human Rights Approach to Personal Data collection, storage and sharing.”
Personal data store or vault · Wallet and identity
Closing after about 20 years: a closure notice on mydex.org (seen 7 Nov 2026) names WSM Marks Bloom LLP as the contact. The formal route (liquidation or strike-off) and date are not confirmed.
mydex.org · Checked 7 November 2026 · Evidence: mydex.org, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
myPlanit
“Your own personal time machine”
Personal informatics and lifelogging
Site live with a 2026 copyright; it offers an iOS 'life intelligence' app by request-access.
myplanit.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Next Cloud
“Regain control over your data”
Personal data store or vault
Nextcloud GmbH, founded 2016, is based in Germany (not France) and is shipping Nextcloud Hub 26 in 2026.
nextcloud.com · Checked 6 November 2026
NHS Digital Staff Passport Program
“Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) for a digital staff passport at UK National Health Service (NHS)”
Wallet and identity · Government programme
A mirrored NHS service listing says the service was retired on 5 Dec 2025; the old service URL now redirects to the NHS service catalogue.
cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: tnaqa.mirrorweb.com, nhsd-proxy.openprescribing.net
NHS England Profile Information Management System (PIMS)
“Why and how we process your data in the Profile Information Management System (PIMS), and your rights.”
Government programme
GDPR register entry still online and describes PIMS in the present tense as the tool staff use to update NHS.UK service profiles; no last-edited date shown.
digital.nhs.uk · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: nhsd-proxy.openprescribing.net
OneCub
“Trustworthy Data: Data-sharing ecosystems– Governance & Infrastructure”
Consent and privacy management · Data portability and access
Onecub SAS site has news dated 23 Oct 2026 about the Legal Data Space.
onecub.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Open Garden, Inc.
“You are the Internet”
Community, research and advocacy
FireChat maker; apps not updated since 2018, opengarden.com returns 404, and the company closed without announcement.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2015) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: en.wikipedia.org, fromjason.xyz
Open mustard seed
“OMS Trustworthy Compute Framework (TCF) extends the core functionality of Personal Data Stores, in the form of RESTful APIs”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
ID3/MIT project documented in 2013–2014; docs.openmustardseed.org no longer resolves and idcubed.org now redirects to an unrelated site.
wiki.p2pfoundation.net · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: link.springer.com
OpenPDS
“Personal Data with Privacy”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
MIT Media Lab research project; the site is still online but its newest content dates from 2014, and no later activity was found.
openpds.media.mit.edu · Checked 6 November 2026
OpenWallet Foundation
“Enabling a trusted digital future through interoperability for a wide range of wallet use cases.”
Wallet and identity · Standards and protocols
Linux Foundation-hosted; announced 1 Sep 2026 that it will become part of LF Decentralized Trust on 1 Jan 2027.
openwallet.foundation · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: ledgerinsights.com
Own Your Data Foundation
“Democratizing Digital Intelligence”
Community, research and advocacy
Wyoming 501(c)(3); site still online but shows nothing dated after 2020, so current activity can't be confirmed.
ownyourdata.foundation · Checked 6 November 2026
OwnYourData
“Your data is precious”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
Austrian non-profit association (Verein); site lists 2025 activity such as Semantics 2025 and the MyData Award 2025.
ownyourdata.eu · Checked 6 November 2026
OwnYourInfo
“Your Personal Data Vault”
Personal data store or vault
ownyourinfo.com no longer resolves, and no recent activity was found.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2023) · Checked 6 November 2026
PAOGA
“Security is always excessive until it's not enough.”
Personal data store or vault · Wallet and identity
PAOGA Limited (04572417) was dissolved on 31 March 2020, according to Companies House.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2006) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
People.io
“Ready to connect with the value of your data?”
Data-for-value marketplace
Wound down in 2019; people.io now redirects to a write-up on a domain-holder site.
noproduct.co.uk · Checked 6 November 2026
Personal
“Where you set the rules for your data, not companies”
Personal data store or vault
Merged into digi.me (2017) → then World Data Exchange (WDX) (2022)
Personal, Inc. merged into digi.me in Aug 2017; World Data Exchange acquired digi.me in Oct 2022, and digi.me now says it is replaced by WDX Health.
digi.me · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: en.wikipedia.org, itwire.com
Personium
“An interconnectable open source PDS (Personal Data Store) server envisioning world wide web of protected data APIs.”
Personal data store or vault
Open-source project with low activity: the most recent repository update is Jul 2025, and most repositories were last updated in 2023.
personium.io · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: github.com
PIMCity
“Building The Next Generation Personal Data Platforms”
Community, research and advocacy · Personal data store or vault · Data-for-value marketplace
EU Horizon 2020 project that ran 1 Dec 2019 to 31 Aug 2022; its site no longer serves its own certificate. It was coordinated from Italy (Politecnico di Torino), not Spain.
cordis.europa.eu · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: networks.imdea.org
Pocket Geek Privacy
“Secure accounts. Less spam. More control.”
Consent and privacy management
Assurant product; pocketgeekprivacy.com no longer resolves and the App Store listing and Assurant product page return 404, with the last app update reported in Oct 2024. No official sunset notice was found.
pocketgeekprivacy.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: appshunter.io, apps.apple.com
PolyPoly
“We bring Big Data to the Edge!”
Personal data store or vault
polypoly.net fails to connect (TLS error) and no coverage after 2022 was found, but also no dissolution record.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2023) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: dataconomy.com
Prifina
“The User-Held Data Company”
Personal data store or vault
Site is live (© 2026). Insight posts are dated 4 Nov 2026, and it now presents Souvéa, AI Twin and Spaces.
prifina.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Privowny
“Your personal data coach”
Consent and privacy management · Personal data store or vault
Acquired by Assurant (2021, reported)
Founder says the company was sold to a large US company in 2021, and Privowny France SAS is listed as an Assurant subsidiary. privowny.io no longer resolves. No public announcement confirms Assurant as the buyer or that the technology became Pocket Geek Privacy.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2022) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: insights.greyb.com, investinprovence.com
Project Danube
“Open-source software for identity & personal data services”
Wallet and identity · Personal data store or vault
projectdanube.org now redirects to an unrelated site. The founder, Markus Sabadello, went on to found Danube Tech (Vienna, 2015).
wiki.p2pfoundation.net · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2011)
Project Liberty
“Better web, Better world.”
Community, research and advocacy · Standards and protocols
Site is live (© 2026). News items are dated June 2026, including the Project Liberty Institute's OECD presentation.
projectliberty.io · Checked 6 November 2026
Project Nori (formerly personaldatastore.info)
“Meet Your Personal Data Server”
Personal data store or vault
projectnori.org now belongs to an unrelated opioid-response initiative. I found no activity from the personal-data-server project.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2011) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: p2pfoundation.net, projectnori.org
Project VRM
“VRM Tools.”
Community, research and advocacy
The Harvard wiki was last edited 3 Mar 2024, but its event listings stop at 2022. The page says the blog left Harvard in 2023 and is now maintained independently.
cyber.harvard.edu · Checked 6 November 2026
Qiy Foundation
“Trust-based human-centric Internet”
Standards and protocols · Personal data store or vault
Site footer reads © 2007–2026. The newest dated items are from 2025: the Dappre entry and the 2025 AI topic.
qiyfoundation.org · Checked 6 November 2026
Respect Network
“Bringing trust and respect to the Internet”
Wallet and identity
Acquired by Evernym (2016) → then Avast (2021)
Acquired by Evernym (around 2016–2017). Avast then acquired Evernym in December 2021.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2017) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: crunchbase.com, geekwire.com
Schluss
“Take back control of your data”
Personal data store or vault · Wallet and identity
Run by Foundation Schluss. Site is live (© 2026) and describes ongoing pilots, but shows no dated news.
schluss.org · Checked 6 November 2026
Singly
“Fabric for Today's Connected Apps”
Data portability and access
Acquired by Appcelerator (2013)
Acquired by Appcelerator on 22 Aug 2013, and the Singly name was retired.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2013) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: siliconangle.com, computerworld.com
Smart data working group
“N/A”
Government programme · Data portability and access
GOV.UK says the group disbanded in 2021, having achieved its objectives.
gov.uk · Checked 6 November 2026
SNP Lab
“Personal data become personal asset.”
Personal data store or vault · Data-for-value marketplace
Renamed Personal AI Inc. in Aug 2025 and still runs the my:D MyData service. The 2024 listing wrongly pointed to solidproject.org, and I did not confirm a company homepage.
venturesquare.net · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: venturesquare.net
Solid
“Your data, your choice.”
Standards and protocols · Personal data store or vault
Stewarded by the Open Data Institute since Oct 2024, with Solid Symposium 2026 held in London.
solidproject.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: theodi.org, forum.solidproject.org
Streamlytics
“Human Powered Data that powers the future.”
Data-for-value marketplace · Data portability and access
The site fails to load properly (TLS error and HTTP 405), and the last archive snapshot is March 2025. Wikipedia calls the founder 'former CEO', and I found no shutdown or acquisition notice.
Archived copy (Internet Archive, 2021) · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: en.wikipedia.org, app.dealroom.co
Tartle
“Unified Data Sharing Infrastructure for the Internet”
Data-for-value marketplace
Site is live with sign-up (footer © 2025), and the CEO was interviewed in 2025.
tartle.co · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: realmiqsessions.buzzsprout.com
TBD
“The data platform for humanity.”
Wallet and identity · Standards and protocols · Personal data store or vault
Block wound down TBD in Nov 2024. Its Web5 open-source code (did:dht, VCs, DWNs) moved to the Decentralized Identity Foundation.
identity.foundation · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: biometricupdate.com
Telefonica Aura
“Your data is yours. Hello! I am Aura, the Artificial Intelligence of Telefónica”
Consent and privacy management
aura.telefonica.com no longer resolves, but Telefónica's 2025 handbook describes Aura as current in Movistar products, with generative AI added.
telefonica.com · Checked 6 November 2026
The Data Assembly
“Public Deliberation on the Re-Use of Data”
Community, research and advocacy
GovLab (NYU) project begun in 2020, which produced the Responsible Data Re-Use Framework; the site is still up but no activity was found after 2021.
thedataassembly.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: thegovlab.org, engineering.nyu.edu
The Data Dividend Project
“It’s your data. We’re the people making ie easier to move around.”
Community, research and advocacy · Data-for-value marketplace
Andrew Yang's 2020 campaign; the domain now serves only a title and tagline, and no activity was found after the 2020 launch coverage.
datadividendproject.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: iapp.org
The Incorporated Woman
“Determine the value of an individual”
Community, research and advocacy · Data-for-value marketplace
Jennifer Lyn Morone's 2014 RCA art project (she incorporated herself in Delaware) won an Ars Electronica honorary mention in 2016. No later activity was found.
we-make-money-not-art.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: webarchive.ars.electronica.art
The Linux Foundation
“Decentralized innovation. Built on trust.”
Community, research and advocacy · Standards and protocols
The site is live and lists KubeCon North America for 9–12 Nov 2026.
linuxfoundation.org · Checked 6 November 2026
The Mee Foundation
“A human-centered user experience for the internet”
Community, research and advocacy · Standards and protocols
The site is still up with a © 2026 footer, but the last blog post is dated 28 Aug 2023.
mee.foundation · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: mee.foundation
The Self Research Institute
“Better data, Better lives.”
Personal informatics and lifelogging · Community, research and advocacy
A 501(c)(3) in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The site is live, with page metadata dated 27 Oct 2026.
selfresearch.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: lucidodata.com
Thymeflow
“Connect your world. Your Data, Your Knowledge”
Personal informatics and lifelogging · Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
An INRIA/ENS open-source research project (CIKM 2016), not a UK company. The site's only date is © 2018, and the last related paper is from 2018.
thymeflow.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: hal.archives-ouvertes.fr, github.com
TrustOverIP Foundation
“Developing a complete architecture for Internet Digital Trust. And a better Internet for everyone.”
Standards and protocols · Wallet and identity
Hosted under Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust since Sept 2024. Search results show posts from 2026, including a January 2026 working-group session.
trustoverip.org · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: trustoverip.org
UBOS Personal Mesh
“Building open-source software for a thriving social web of peers”
Personal data store or vault · Community, research and advocacy
Latest release notes are dated 8 Jun 2026.
World Data Exchange
“The Borderless Data Exchange Platform for Personal Data Ownership and Consent-Driven On-Sharing”
Data-for-value marketplace · Consent and privacy management
worlddataexchange.com now redirects to wdxglobal.com, which blocked automated access. The company acquired digi.me in 2022 and exhibited at MedLab Middle East 2025.
wdxglobal.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: itwire.com, connections.medlabme.com
Your Own Wallet
“Manage your Financial Data. Use it to build wealth, buy homes, rent places and more.”
Wallet and identity
Site is live as YourOwn Inc. (© 2026), offering a financial identity app.
yourownwallet.com · Checked 6 November 2026
Zedosh
“The Attention Exchange”
Data-for-value marketplace
zedosh.com now redirects to a HugeDomains for-sale page. The last coverage I found is a 2023 vendor case study.
medium.com · Checked 6 November 2026 · Evidence: hugedomains.com
| Name | Status | Founded | Country | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A bite of Me | Shut down | 2013 | United States | Research Never commercial | Data-for-value marketplace, Community, research and advocacy, Personal informatics and lifelogging |
| Allow | Shut down | 2012 | United Kingdom | Company | Consent and privacy management, Data-for-value marketplace |
| BBC BOX: Together+ DataPod | Shut down | 2022 | United Kingdom | Research Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| Bhutan National Digital Identity | Active | 2021 | Bhutan | Government Never commercial | Wallet and identity, Government programme |
| BitsaboutMe | Shut down | 2017 | Switzerland | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Personal data store or vault |
| Blue Button | Active | 2010 | United States | Government Never commercial | Health data, Data portability and access, Government programme |
| CitizenMe | Unknown | 2013 | United Kingdom | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Personal data store or vault |
| Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity | Active | 2021 | United States | Standards body Never commercial | Standards and protocols |
| CozyCloud | Acquired by Linagora, 2025 (reported) | 2012 | France | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| Cufflink | Unknown | 2018 | United Kingdom | Company | Personal data store or vault, Consent and privacy management |
| CyDigital | Shut down | 2020 | United States | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Consent and privacy management |
| Data Privacy Stichting (Dutch Data Vault Foundation) | Active | 2022 | Netherlands | Non-profit Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Consent and privacy management |
| Data Transfer Project | Active | 2018 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Data portability and access, Standards and protocols |
| data.fm | Shut down | 2012 | N/A | Research Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| Databox (Nottingham University Data Box Project) | Shut down | 2016 | United Kingdom | Research Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| Datacoup | Shut down | 2012 | United States | Company | Data-for-value marketplace |
| DataPal | Active | 2023 | United States | Company | Personal data store or vault, Data portability and access |
| DataSapien | Active | 2023 | United Kingdom | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Consent and privacy management |
| Datasette | Active | 2022 | United States | Community Never commercial | Personal informatics and lifelogging |
| DataYogi | Shut down | 2020 | United Kingdom | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| Datum | Unknown | 2017 | Switzerland | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Personal data store or vault |
| Decentralized Identity Foundation | Active | 2017 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Standards and protocols, Wallet and identity, Community, research and advocacy |
| Decentralized Personal Data Store based on Ethereum | Unknown | 2018 | United States | Research Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| Diaspora | Active | 2010 | United States | Community Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy |
| Digi.me | Acquired by World Data Exchange (WDX), 2022 | 2009 | Australia (originally United Kingdom) | Company | Health data, Personal data store or vault, Data portability and access |
| Digital Flanders | Active | 2023 | Belgium | Government Never commercial | Government programme, Personal data store or vault |
| Dogsheep Project | Active | 2020 | United States | Community Never commercial | Personal informatics and lifelogging, Data portability and access |
| Eclipse Higgins | Shut down | 1999 | United States | Community Never commercial | Wallet and identity, Community, research and advocacy |
| FISE | Shut down | 2023 | United States | Company | Wallet and identity, Personal data store or vault |
| Fulcra Dynamics Corporation | Active | 2021 | United States | Company | Personal informatics and lifelogging, Personal data store or vault |
| Gener8 | Active | 2018 | Unknown | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Consent and privacy management |
| Get my Data | Shut down | 2020 | Unknown | Company | Data portability and access, Consent and privacy management |
| Google Takeout | Active | 2011 | United States | Company | Data portability and access |
| Green Button Alliance | Active | 2012 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Data portability and access, Standards and protocols |
| Hestia | Active | 2021 | Switzerland | Company | Data portability and access, Community, research and advocacy |
| Hie of One | Active | 2014 | United States | Company | Health data, Personal data store or vault |
| Hub Of All Things | Unknown | 2016 | United Kingdom | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| Hyperledger Foundation | Acquired merged into Linux Foundation (LF Decentralized Trust), 2024 | 2015 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Standards and protocols, Community, research and advocacy |
| ID Hole | Unknown | 2011 | United States | Company | Data-for-value marketplace |
| Identity Commons | Unknown | 2001 | United States | Community Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy |
| iGrant | Active | 2011 | United States | Company | Wallet and identity, Consent and privacy management |
| IndieComputing | Active | 2014 | United States | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| Inrupt | Active | 2017 | United States | Company | Personal data store or vault, Wallet and identity |
| Internet Identity Workshop | Active | 2005 | United States | Community Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy |
| Itsmydata | Active | 2018 | Germany | Company | Data portability and access, Wallet and identity |
| Jaguar “Earn As You Drive” program | Shut down | 2019 | Ireland | Company | Data-for-value marketplace |
| Lifescope | Unknown | 2017 | United States | Company | Personal informatics and lifelogging, Personal data store or vault |
| Locker Project | Shut down | 2011 | United States | Company | Personal data store or vault, Personal informatics and lifelogging |
| Meeco | Active | 2012 | Australia | Company | Personal data store or vault, Wallet and identity, Consent and privacy management |
| midata | Shut down | 2011 | United Kingdom | Government Never commercial | Government programme, Data portability and access |
| MIDATA | Active | 2019 | Switzerland | Non-profit Never commercial | Health data, Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| Midy Data Spaces by Gen | Shut down | 2023 | United States | Company | Wallet and identity, Consent and privacy management |
| Mine | Active | 2019 | Israel | Company | Consent and privacy management |
| Muuver | Unknown | 2011 | Canada | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Consent and privacy management |
| My Fair Data | Unknown | 2016 | France | Company | Personal data store or vault, Consent and privacy management |
| MyData | Active | 2018 | Finland | Non-profit Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy |
| MyDex | Shut down | 2008 | United Kingdom | Non-profit Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Wallet and identity |
| myPlanit | Active | 2010 | United States | Company | Personal informatics and lifelogging |
| Next Cloud | Active | 2016 | France | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| NHS Digital Staff Passport Program | Shut down | 2021 | United Kingdom | Government Never commercial | Wallet and identity, Government programme |
| NHS England Profile Information Management System (PIMS) | Active | 2023 | United Kingdom | Government Never commercial | Government programme |
| OneCub | Active | 2012 | France | Company | Consent and privacy management, Data portability and access |
| Open Garden, Inc. | Shut down | 2011 | United States | Company | Community, research and advocacy |
| Open mustard seed | Shut down | 2013 | United States | Research Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| OpenPDS | Shut down | 2013 | United States | Research Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| OpenWallet Foundation | Active | 2023 | Europe | Non-profit Never commercial | Wallet and identity, Standards and protocols |
| Own Your Data Foundation | Unknown | 2020 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy |
| OwnYourData | Active | 2019 | Austria | Non-profit Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| OwnYourInfo | Shut down | 2009 | United States | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| PAOGA | Shut down | 2006 | United Kingdom | Company | Personal data store or vault, Wallet and identity |
| People.io | Shut down | 2015 | United Kingdom | Company | Data-for-value marketplace |
| Personal | Acquired merged into digi.me, 2017 | 2009 | United States | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| Personium | Active | 2017 | Japan | Community Never commercial | Personal data store or vault |
| PIMCity | Shut down | 2020 | Spain | Research Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy, Personal data store or vault, Data-for-value marketplace |
| Pocket Geek Privacy | Shut down | 2009 | United States | Company | Consent and privacy management |
| PolyPoly | Unknown | 2019 | Germany | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| Prifina | Active | 2019 | United States | Company | Personal data store or vault |
| Privowny | Acquired by Assurant, 2021 (reported) | 2010 | France | Company | Consent and privacy management, Personal data store or vault |
| Project Danube | Shut down | 2011 | United States | Community Never commercial | Wallet and identity, Personal data store or vault |
| Project Liberty | Active | 2021 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy, Standards and protocols |
| Project Nori (formerly personaldatastore.info) | Shut down | 2010 | United States | Community Never commercial | Personal data store or vault |
| Project VRM | Active | 2007 | United States | Research Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy |
| Qiy Foundation | Active | 2011 | Netherlands | Non-profit Never commercial | Standards and protocols, Personal data store or vault |
| Respect Network | Acquired by Evernym, 2016 | 2011 | United States | Company | Wallet and identity |
| Schluss | Active | 2015 | Netherlands | Non-profit Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Wallet and identity |
| Singly | Acquired by Appcelerator, 2013 | 2010 | United States | Company | Data portability and access |
| Smart data working group | Shut down | 2020 | United Kingdom | Government Never commercial | Government programme, Data portability and access |
| SNP Lab | Active | 2024 | Korea | Company | Personal data store or vault, Data-for-value marketplace |
| Solid | Active | 2016 | United States | Standards body Never commercial | Standards and protocols, Personal data store or vault |
| Streamlytics | Unknown | 2018 | United States | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Data portability and access |
| Tartle | Active | 2017 | United States | Company | Data-for-value marketplace |
| TBD | Shut down | 2021 | United States | Company | Wallet and identity, Standards and protocols, Personal data store or vault |
| Telefonica Aura | Active | 2018 | Spain | Company | Consent and privacy management |
| The Data Assembly | Shut down | 2023 | United States | Research Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy |
| The Data Dividend Project | Shut down | 2020 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy, Data-for-value marketplace |
| The Incorporated Woman | Shut down | 2014 | United States | Research Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy, Data-for-value marketplace |
| The Linux Foundation | Active | 2000 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy, Standards and protocols |
| The Mee Foundation | Unknown | 2022 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Community, research and advocacy, Standards and protocols |
| The Self Research Institute | Active | 2012 | United States | Non-profit Never commercial | Personal informatics and lifelogging, Community, research and advocacy |
| Thymeflow | Shut down | 2018 | United Kingdom | Research Never commercial | Personal informatics and lifelogging, Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| TrustOverIP Foundation | Active | 2022 | United States | Standards body Never commercial | Standards and protocols, Wallet and identity |
| UBOS Personal Mesh | Active | 2015 | United States | Community Never commercial | Personal data store or vault, Community, research and advocacy |
| World Data Exchange | Active | 2022 | Australia | Company | Data-for-value marketplace, Consent and privacy management |
| Your Own Wallet | Active | 2024 | United States | Company | Wallet and identity |
| Zedosh | Shut down | 2019 | United Kingdom | Company | Data-for-value marketplace |
Founded in the 1990s
Founded in the 2000s
Founded in the 2010s
- Blue Button 2010
- Diaspora 2010
- myPlanit 2010
- Privowny 2010 · by Assurant, 2021 (reported)
- Project Nori (formerly personaldatastore.info) 2010
- Singly 2010 · by Appcelerator, 2013
- Google Takeout 2011
- ID Hole 2011
- iGrant 2011
- Locker Project 2011
- midata 2011
- Muuver 2011
- Open Garden, Inc. 2011
- Project Danube 2011
- Qiy Foundation 2011
- Respect Network 2011 · by Evernym, 2016
- Allow 2012
- CozyCloud 2012 · by Linagora, 2025 (reported)
- data.fm 2012
- Datacoup 2012
- Green Button Alliance 2012
- Meeco 2012
- OneCub 2012
- The Self Research Institute 2012
- A bite of Me 2013
- CitizenMe 2013
- Open mustard seed 2013
- OpenPDS 2013
- Hie of One 2014
- IndieComputing 2014
- The Incorporated Woman 2014
- Hyperledger Foundation 2015 · merged into Linux Foundation (LF Decentralized Trust), 2024
- People.io 2015
- Schluss 2015
- UBOS Personal Mesh 2015
- Databox (Nottingham University Data Box Project) 2016
- Hub Of All Things 2016
- My Fair Data 2016
- Next Cloud 2016
- Solid 2016
- BitsaboutMe 2017
- Datum 2017
- Decentralized Identity Foundation 2017
- Inrupt 2017
- Lifescope 2017
- Personium 2017
- Tartle 2017
- Cufflink 2018
- Data Transfer Project 2018
- Decentralized Personal Data Store based on Ethereum 2018
- Gener8 2018
- Itsmydata 2018
- MyData 2018
- Streamlytics 2018
- Telefonica Aura 2018
- Thymeflow 2018
- Jaguar “Earn As You Drive” program 2019
- MIDATA 2019
- Mine 2019
- OwnYourData 2019
- PolyPoly 2019
- Prifina 2019
- Zedosh 2019
Founded in the 2020s
- CyDigital 2020
- DataYogi 2020
- Dogsheep Project 2020
- Get my Data 2020
- Own Your Data Foundation 2020
- PIMCity 2020
- Smart data working group 2020
- The Data Dividend Project 2020
- Bhutan National Digital Identity 2021
- Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity 2021
- Fulcra Dynamics Corporation 2021
- Hestia 2021
- NHS Digital Staff Passport Program 2021
- Project Liberty 2021
- TBD 2021
- BBC BOX: Together+ DataPod 2022
- Data Privacy Stichting (Dutch Data Vault Foundation) 2022
- Datasette 2022
- The Mee Foundation 2022
- TrustOverIP Foundation 2022
- World Data Exchange 2022
- DataPal 2023
- DataSapien 2023
- Digital Flanders 2023
- FISE 2023
- Midy Data Spaces by Gen 2023
- NHS England Profile Information Management System (PIMS) 2023
- OpenWallet Foundation 2023
- The Data Assembly 2023
- SNP Lab 2024
- Your Own Wallet 2024
- Active
- Acquired
- Shut down
- Unknown
Personal data store or vault
- BBC BOX: Together+ DataPod
- BitsaboutMe
- CitizenMe
- CozyCloudby Linagora, 2025 (reported)
- Cufflink
- Data Privacy Stichting (Dutch Data Vault Foundation)
- data.fm
- Databox (Nottingham University Data Box Project)
- DataPal
- DataYogi
- Datum
- Decentralized Personal Data Store based on Ethereum
- Digi.meby World Data Exchange (WDX), 2022
- Digital Flanders
- FISE
- Fulcra Dynamics Corporation
- Hie of One
- Hub Of All Things
- IndieComputing
- Inrupt
- Lifescope
- Locker Project
- Meeco
- MIDATA
- My Fair Data
- MyDex
- Next Cloud
- Open mustard seed
- OpenPDS
- OwnYourData
- OwnYourInfo
- PAOGA
- Personalmerged into digi.me, 2017
- Personium
- PIMCity
- PolyPoly
- Prifina
- Privownyby Assurant, 2021 (reported)
- Project Danube
- Project Nori (formerly personaldatastore.info)
- Qiy Foundation
- Schluss
- SNP Lab
- Solid
- TBD
- Thymeflow
- UBOS Personal Mesh
Community, research and advocacy
- A bite of Me
- BBC BOX: Together+ DataPod
- data.fm
- Databox (Nottingham University Data Box Project)
- Decentralized Identity Foundation
- Decentralized Personal Data Store based on Ethereum
- Diaspora
- Eclipse Higgins
- Hestia
- Hyperledger Foundationmerged into Linux Foundation (LF Decentralized Trust), 2024
- Identity Commons
- Internet Identity Workshop
- MIDATA
- MyData
- Open Garden, Inc.
- Open mustard seed
- OpenPDS
- Own Your Data Foundation
- OwnYourData
- PIMCity
- Project Liberty
- Project VRM
- The Data Assembly
- The Data Dividend Project
- The Incorporated Woman
- The Linux Foundation
- The Mee Foundation
- The Self Research Institute
- Thymeflow
- UBOS Personal Mesh
Data-for-value marketplace
Wallet and identity
Consent and privacy management
Data portability and access
Standards and protocols
- Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity
- Data Transfer Project
- Decentralized Identity Foundation
- Green Button Alliance
- Hyperledger Foundationmerged into Linux Foundation (LF Decentralized Trust), 2024
- OpenWallet Foundation
- Project Liberty
- Qiy Foundation
- Solid
- TBD
- The Linux Foundation
- The Mee Foundation
- TrustOverIP Foundation
Personal informatics and lifelogging
Government programme
Health data
- Active
- Acquired
- Shut down
- Unknown
Nothing matches those filters.
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