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Data donations

Programs that allow people to contribute their data to research efforts or other common goals. Bonus points if the data is made available for free, rather than as a profit engine.

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The Australian Ad Observatory
admscentre.org.au/adobservatory

The Australian Ad Observatory

The Australian Ad Observatory project is enabling independent research into the role that algorithmically targeted advertising plays in society.

Australia 🇦🇺
Data donations, Advertising
extensions
Common Voice
commonvoice.mozilla.org

Common Voice

Mozilla's Common Voice Project seeks to be a part of the solution. It's a platform where anyone can donate their voice to an open source data bank.

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA
Translation and linguistic representation, Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing
2023 Webby Awards
Wicked Problems Might Inspire Greater Data Sharing
www2.gwu.edu/~iiep/assets/docs/papers/2022WP/AaronsonIIEP2022-09.pdf

Wicked Problems Might Inspire Greater Data Sharing

A report on 'data for good' efforts by Susan Ariel Aaronson, George Washington University

The George Washington University, I Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Data science for social good, Civic data, Data donations
reports
Ecobee Donate your Data program
ecobee.com/donate-your-data

Ecobee Donate your Data program

Sharing anonymized data from your ecobee smart thermostat can help scientists advance the way to a sustainable future. JOIN NOW

Smart Cities and sensors, Data donations
commercial, Climate action
MyData
mydata.org

MyData

We help people and organisations to benefit from personal data in a human-centric way. To create a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society for all.

since 2018
Data governance, Adjacent Fields, Data donations
The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
ooni.org

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in increasing transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can ru...

since 2012
Adjacent Fields, Circumvention tech, Digital security and privacy
free speech
OpenSCHUFA
web.archive.org/web/20180223071814/https://www.startnext.com/openschufa

OpenSCHUFA

We crack the SCHUFA

Berlin
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, The Tech
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