Personal Data Stores (PDS): A Review

Fallatah, Khalid U., Barhamgi, Mahmoud and Perera, Charith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0190-3346 2023. Personal Data Stores (PDS): A Review. Sensors 23 (3) , 1477. 10.3390/s23031477

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Abstract

Internet services have collected our personal data since their inception. In the beginning, the personal data collection was uncoordinated and was limited to a few selected data types such as names, ages, birthdays, etc. Due to the widespread use of social media, more and more personal data has been collected by different online services. We increasingly see that Internet of Things (IoT) devices are also being adopted by consumers, making it possible for companies to capture personal data (including very sensitive data) with much less effort and autonomously at a very low cost. Current systems architectures aim to collect, store, and process our personal data in the cloud with very limited control when it comes to giving back to citizens. However, Personal Data Stores (PDS) have been proposed as an alternative architecture where personal data will be stored within households, giving us complete control (self-sovereignty) over our data. This paper surveys the current literature on Personal Data Stores (PDS) that enable individuals to collect, control, store, and manage their data. In particular, we provide a comprehensive review of related concepts and the expected benefits of PDS platforms. Further, we compare and analyse existing PDS platforms in terms of their capabilities and core components. Subsequently, we summarise the major challenges and issues facing PDS platforms’ development and widespread adoption.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Publisher:	MDPI AG
ISSN:	1424-8220
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 February 2023
Date of Acceptance:	19 January 2023
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 08:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/156345

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