Respect Network Brings Together Neustar and Swisscom as Founding Partners --Congratulations @drummondreed

           

Source: Respect Network Brings Together Neustar and Swisscom as Founding Partners

Respect Network adds new evidence of the emergence of a new personal data ecosystem….by announcing that it has formed a global network for the trusted exchange of personal data and has secured Neustar (NSR) and Swisscom (SCMN.VX) as founding partners.  The founder and entrepreneur Drummond Reed and others, has also started the peer-to-peer Connect.me service.

Specifically, the Respect Network is the first network being built from the ground up to give people control of their personal data and the ability to realize that data’s value. Unlike centralized social networks, the Respect Network is a decentralized, multi-provider network much like today’s email or banking networks. Additional partners in the network include Kynetx, Gluu, The OpenXDI Project, Project Danube, The Customer’s Voice, Planetwork, and Bitworld.  Ctrl-Shift and the Searls Group have also joined as lead consulting partners.

“Behavioral tracking, aggregation of personal data and the steady erosion of privacy have become pervasive concerns on the Internet today,” offered Drummond Reed, Managing Director and former executive director of the Information Card Foundation as well as the Open Identity Exchange. “It is time we finally had an open standard network where individuals have direct control over where, when and how their personal data is being shared.”