Who is Innovating? | Global Landscape Scan and Analysis of Initiatives

A database with an analysis of existing alternative data governance projects.
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Mozilla’s Insights team led an international landscape scan and analysis to surface data governance initiatives that manage and share benefits from data in new and interesting ways.
Rather than rely on terminology that is imprecise or not commonly known, we chose to categorize initiatives based on a set of key characteristics. We intentionally sought out projects, services and companies that present clear alternatives to dominant digital business models, like those of Facebook, where a handful of large corporations amass large amounts of data to gain a competitive edge and freely commercialize personal data by securing all control over data.
The analysis is based on a public survey with 70 responses, reviews of databases by other research groups, and findings from seven regional researchers working in local languages. In total, we reviewed and categorized 110 initiatives worldwide across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.
The database can be found at airtable.com/shrn9jnFOQByon2i7.