Large technology companies hear on a "data portability" plan ELESPECTADOR.COM

Data portability has been a goal of many privacy activists and is included in some national regulations, including the new General Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data in Europe.

Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter unveiled Friday plans to facilitate the transfer of personal data from one user of an online service to another.

The Data Transfer Project Revealed by Companies Responds to Concerns about the Growing Influence of These Platforms and Users' Concerns About Controlling Their Shared Personal Information Online [19659004] "Users must have the control of their data on the web partly thanks to the ability to transport their data," said the companies on the project website.

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Data portability has been a goal of many privacy activists and is enshrined in some national regulations ] including the new general regulation for the protection of personal data in Europe.

Currently, people can download their data from an online service, but with no guarantee that it will be possible or feasible to download them on a new service. The situation may make people feel anchored to a service or application by not losing pictures, contacts, publications and other accumulated data, even if they are not satisfied or if an option is presented. It attracts more.

"Facilitating the choice between services facilitates competition trains people to try new services and allows them to choose the offer that best meets their needs", he declares. the project on your website.

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"There are many cases of use for users who transfer data directly between services, some of which are known today and others still to discover"

The reasons for the recovery of personal information may include the removal of an earlier service, the testing of a new service or simply the creation of a backup to ensure security.

The project was created two years ago and is in the development phase.

The announcement comes at a time when social networks and Internet messaging services are under the microscope for their potential to abuse positions of power and in full debate over the right of people to control your data online.