MyData Global ry
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
4
2.5 FTE
EU Grants
€156,989
Mission & Goals
MyData Global is an award-winning international nonprofit, based in Helsinki, Finland. The purpose of MyData Global is to empower individuals by improving their right to self-determination regarding their personal data. The MyData Declaration outlines the paradigm shifts and the principles that are needed to make this a reality. MyData Global has over 100 organisation members and over 400 individual members from over 50 countries, on six continents. We facilitate the 3000+ strong MyData Global community working on the ethical use of personal data. MyData is a human-centric approach to personal data that combines industry needs for data-driven innovations with strong digital human rights. When the sharing of personal data is based on trust as well as on a balanced relationship between the individual and organisations, it benefits individuals, businesses and the society at large.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Data Strategy Data Governance Act Data Act Digital Markets Act Digital Services Act eIDAS2.0 European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) Data Spaces, incl Health Data Space Regulation
Communication Activities
Events: MyData conference (2016-2025). MyData 2019 was an associated event of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of Europe. White papers we have written: Lähteenoja, V., Bowyer, A., & Wilson, C. (2025). MyData in Motion: Evolving Empowerment for 2025 and beyond (4th Ed.). Langford, J., Poikola, A., Janssen, W., Lähteenoja, V. and Rikken, M. (Eds.) (2022) ’Understanding MyData Operators’, MyData Global. Poikola, Antti; Kuikkaniemi, Kai; Kuittinen, Ossi; Honko, Harri; Knuutila, Aleksi; Lähteenoja, Viivi (2020-08-26) 'MyData – an introduction to human-centric use of personal data (3rd, revised edition)' MyData Award 2024-5: https://mydata.org/award. 40+ personal data intermediaries have gone through a self-description process, based on the framework in the 'Understanding MyData Operators’ white paper. MyData Operators are a subset of "personal data intermediaries", as in the Data Governance Act.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Data Sovereignty Now Open and Agile Smart Cities Project Liberty Alliance
Organisation Members
https://www.mydata.org/participate/members/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.