an experimental project to enable practical alternatives to how we manage our personal data and interact on the internet

DECODE will test this technology in four pilots, to be held in Amsterdam and Barcelona, between 2017 and 2019. The pilots will trial the technology and demonstrate the wider social value that comes with individuals being given control of their personal data the means to share it differently.

Through these pilots DECODE will explore how to build a data-centric digital economy where data that is generated and gathered by citizens, the Internet of Things (IoT), and sensor networks is available for broader communal use, with appropriate privacy protections. As a result, innovators, startups, NGOs, SMEs, co-operatives, and local communities can take advantage of that data to build apps and services that respond to their needs and those of the wider community. In this vision, cities can have a strong role, as custodians of these new digital rights of citizens.