Data Transfer Project, or DTP, something very different: Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have partnered on a new open source project that will make it easier to transfer your data between online services.
The Data Transfer Program (DTP from the Data Transfer Project) officially launched 2017, but it was officially presented today with its first four members. Data Transfer Project is reportedly looking for other active members.
The ultimate goal of the Data Portability Program is to improve data portability. In short, this project will help users not to download them data them but transfer them directly to any other service.
Facebook, for example, announced a new tool εξαγωγής δεδομένων νωρίτερα φέτος, το οποίο επιτρέπει στους χρήστες του να κατεβάζουν ένα αντίγραφο όλων των δεδομένων που υπάρχουν στο Facebook. Το ενημερωμένο εργαλείο παρουσιάστηκε μετά το σκάνδαλο της Cambridge Analytica. Με το DTP, το Facebook και οι άλλες τρεις εταιρείες προσπαθούν να δημιουργήσουν channela that facilitate the transfer of data from platform to platform.
The launch of such a service (DTP) coincides with the disclosure of major scandals leakageς δεδομένων από μεγάλες εταιρείες τεχνολογίας. Οι ΗΠΑ διευρύνουν αυτήν την περίοδο τον έλεγχο και προσπαθούν να συρρικνώσουν κάθε data exchange. The UK has fined Facebook over its scandal Cambridge Analytica while Australia is preparing lawsuits. Facebook has been repeatedly accused of "privatizing" data, and of that confusing users obviously to share more data than what they would like. Google is also at the center of the controls because it was revealed that the third-party application developers they can read Gmail messages undisturbed.
So, starting a project that includes an API that facilitates data transfer is probably not accidental after all of the above. However, this move is probably also linked to the implementation of the GDPR that states that users must be able to easily transfer data between services. The DTP does not make direct reference to GDPR, but the EU decision was probably the main driving force behind the launch of the project.
