We Need to Focus on How Our Data Is Used, Not Just How It Is Shared: Toward better understanding of the different ways data circulates between users and platforms.

This article discusses ideas around data use in the online data ecosystem. Topics include the limitations of current data use regulation, a framework for the various ways data circulates between users and platforms as well as the novel idea of data cooperatives that give solutions for both the outgoing and incoming data with an emphasis on data privacy.