| Notes |
PIMS services can take many forms:
They can be comprehensive solutions offering a "personal data space" in which the individual stores his/her data and from which s/he shares such data with interested third parties.
They can be in-built features such as consent-assistants which help the individual to identify whether the terms and conditions of usage of personal data are compliant with his/her wishes.
For a number of years, living labs like the Joint Open Lab in which there is participation here in the Trento region, or the French MesInfos project have brought very valuable insights on user driven data spaces.
PIMS services still are currently in a state of infancy. They are essentially provided by start-ups that have a difficulty to create the relevant network effects that online platforms need to obtain to become relevant. The most important push from a regulatory perspective will be the upcoming GDPR with its reinforced requirements on consent, but most importantly the right to data portability. |