Playbook: The BD4D Standard

Ownership. We don’t claim ownership of Your Data.

• When an organization collects data from individuals or communities under the Better Deal, that organization does not assume legal ownership of the raw data provided by those individuals or communities.
• This also means that the individual or community that provided the data may also use their own data for any other purpose, including contributing it to a commons, making it open, or monetizing it if they have a way to do so.

Organizations adopting the Better Deal for Data should not assert an ownership interest in data that meets the definition of “Your Data,” in contrast with the practices of many for-profit companies.

This Commitment applies to any data that would qualify as Your Data under the Declaration, even if the individual or community providing the data was compensated for their time or participation.

• A BD4D Adopter may transform collected data through aggregation, anonymization, or other means, so that individuals or communities can no longer be reasonably identified or linked to the new dataset. This “processed data” may be used in many different ways, from creating new programs, reporting, or research, to informing policymakers, or being shared with other organizations that similarly align with the BD4D Commitments.
• Processed data, and any products or services that are derived from it, are owned by the organization that created them. However, this processing does not remove the obligations of the Purpose and Research commitments.