Data Dividend Project

During my campaign, I argued that our data should be ours. That sounds obvious, but today big tech companies and data brokers are selling and re-selling our data every day and we are none the wiser. Today, I’m announcing the launch of the Data Dividend Project. A movement to empower Americans to take back control of their data. The tech companies have billions of dollars and hundreds of lawyers. What does the average citizen have? The DDP aims to gather together hundreds of thousands of Americans to collectively bargain for your data rights that are currently being exploited by the big technology companies. The tech companies will be faced with a choice -uphold their users’ data rights, compensate users appropriately or risk losing their license to the data that fuels their business. It's called the Data Dividend Project because the goal is to change the status quo so that, if you choose to share your data, YOU can get paid for the use of your data. After all, if anyone is making money off of your data, shouldn’t it be you? Sign-up today at ddpforall.com.

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Data is valuable to brands/marketers/advertisers/etc., but not for individuals. So how is data the most valuable asset in the world? It takes a LOT of data to make it worthwhile, usually more than 1 persons worth of data. Consumers are waking up to the misuse of their data, hence the legal regulatory jumps being made with CCPA and other e-Privacy changes (browsers, too!) "If you choose to share your data, YOU can get paid for the use of your data." -- at Loginhood (https://loginhood.io) we couldn't agree more; we're doing just that: rewarding consumers for sharing their data (and stopping others that collect it)! A user-shared data economy is coming. Thank you @andrewyang for using your platform to bring about this new (better) world.

This is a great idea @andrewyangvfa. Loginhood.io is currently solving this problem. Users can make $1/mo for their data just by installing their browser extension. Goal is to get it to $10/mo in next few years!

> Please note that this written authorization enables DDP to act legally on your behalf in a limited area--only as it concerns your data rights. Nowhere on the entire website does it say what kind of legislature does DDP is/ will be advocating for. The idea of users getting paid a slice of revenue generated using their submitted data is attractive to consumers for obvious reasons, but there is just no practical way to implement it. For starters, it is near impossible to quantify value of individual data points. Putting aside the complexity (and near impossibility) of quantifying value of individual data points, the lines between user inputted data and derived data (e.g. algorithmic forecasts based on user behaviour) are grey at best. Assuming we somehow figure out how to bucket user information and quantify cost per data access, all this would do is force websites to extend their terms of service to explicitly opt out of the offered data protections. The right solution is public education and creating incentives for new, data privacy-cautious startups.

I realize this may be an unknown at this stage, but what size might Americans expect once this is live, @andrewyang, @clara_chung, @enoch_liang?

When I fill out info and click "CONFIRM," after about 30 seconds, site says, "Failed to fetch." Tried in Chrome and Firefox.