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The Data Collaboration Alliance is a nonprofit that's dedicated to helping people and organizations get full control of their information.
We see control (through the reduction of data silos and copy-based data integration) as the key to unlocking meaningful data ownership, simplified compliance, and super-efficient innovation.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
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CONTROL
We support approaches to digital innovation that minimize data silos and copies in order to make meaningful control possible.
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OWNERSHIP
We believe that data ownership is a human right and control should be in the hands of the rightful owner or a temporary custodian they appoint.
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ACCESS
We support frictionless innovation that's powered by collaboration between people and systems and protected by owner-defined access grants.
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Making control the foundation of data ownership and global collaborative intelligence
WHAT WE DO
 Our Collaboration Hub hosts open datasets, data crowdsourcing projects for nonprofits and data-for-good teams, and a growing marketplace of free digital solutions in support of important global causes. |  We support Zero-Copy Integration, a new standard for digital innovation that decouples data from apps to support meaningful control and collaboration. We're also developing the World's first Data Collaboration Policy template. |  The Collaborative Intelligence Network is a research project focused on defining a global infrastructure for data and apps that's based on control and collaboration. Includes a blueprint, videos, and interoperability tests. |
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 The Data Drop is a podcast and event series focusing on data ownership, data governance, and the future of innovation. Listeners stay on top of best practices and emerging trends by participating in polls. |