our stories, our bodies, our data
The People’s Data Project seeds political education and community experiments to fight back against systemic abuses of data enabled by unlimited surveillance and hidden data extraction.
know your rights
Educating communities about data rights through accessible literature, research, workshops, and teach-ins.
tools & tactics
Designing frameworks, tools, and resources for organizers to put data rights into action through their work.
Community data
Building community-owned data infrastructure that reinforces grassroots narratives through tech, art, and organizing.
a unique approach to data rights
data defense as a strategy
Understanding data rights can help communities mobilize around points of data extraction. Communities have a right to exercise control to stop hidden data extraction when it feeds corporate or institutional interests at communities’ expense. Data defense is a strategy to help communities apply data rights and ensure that community data meets community needs.
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