MyData Operator

1. Who can be an Operator?


An individual, an individual representing another individual, an individual representing an organisation, an organisation representing an individual, legal entities, recognisable entities without a legal status?

9. What are the minimum functional and activity requirements to be an Operator?


The ability to provide adequate identity security to the individual and process authorisations with individuals, data sources and data sharing services. The ability to manage permissions and consent. The ability to process personal data. Interoperability / data portability with other MyData roles/actors and who else? Transparency & accountability to the individual and who else?

[TECH] What is the role of data harmonisation in your business? If it is a part of it, what is the cost and who will pay for it?

[TECH] Do you enable data storage and/or linking data in the original source?

[TECH] How do you plan to distribute and handle data? (centralised, distributed or something else)

[LEGAL] How do you enable revocation / denial of data usage?

8. What are the responsibilities of a MyData Operator?


What must / must not a MyData Operator do? What should / should not a MyData Operator do? What other roles can / cannot a MyData Operator take in the ecosystem?

5. How should Operators manage business segment, country-specific or sectoral legal frameworks?


Do MyData Operators look different in different sectors and countries? Can business segment, country-specific or sectoral legal frameworks slow or prevent moving forward?

[ECOSYSTEM] Is your proposition aimed at a specific industry domains?

[LEGAL] What is the relationship of the operator to legal boundaries of the data? (health, financial, other segment specific substance laws)

4. How is functionality distributed over the different roles in the ecosystem?


Is the solution based on an explicit trust framework? What kind of rulebook do we need between the parties?

[ECOSYSTEM] What are the identified stakeholders of you proposal?

[LEGAL] What is the contractual framework with your customers and partners?

[LEGAL] Do you have admission criteria for data sources and data using services or partners?

3. Is it enough to have a MyData operator as a platform (hub and poles) or should we have a network of players?


How can the definition of an Operator break down silos and develop an open network? Are the operators interoperable / based on compatible principles? How we ensure a level playing field for Operators within and outside the ecosystem?

[ECOSYSTEM] What kind of network model are you aiming at?

One platform (case Uber)

Multiple operators

Bilateral contracts between several operators

Network based on multi-party contracts

[ECOSYSTEM] If you are aiming at multiple operator network then how your solution scale to inter-operator ecosystem?

6. How can Operators help to scale MyData and accelerate adoption?


Do we need an ecosystem of operators to accelerate and scale the MyData approach?

[BUSINESS] What is you value proposition for individuals, data sources, data using services?

[BUSINESS] How does your proposal encourage data owners to share data?

[ECOSYSTEM] How does your solution scale to involve more data sources, services and people?

How can Operators work across different identity models and ensure interoperability?


Where is the place for distributed identifier networks, a commitment of interoperability?

2. What differentiates a MyData Operator from the other types of Operators who have the same role?


Are they members of MyData Global? Share a commitment to the MyData principles? Registered? Audited? Self-certified?

[LEGAL] How do you intend to comply with MyData principles (https://mydata.org/declaration)?

7. What business models are acceptable and preferable for a MyData Operator?


The dilemma of today's business models relying on marketing, what is our proposed alternative?

[BUSINESS] What are the cornerstones of your business model (revenue sources, cost structure)?

[BUSINESS] Who are your paying customers?

[BUSINESS] How do you make money? Do you charge based on the value of data or is your value capture model agnostic to data?

[BUSINESS] Do you serve persons, legal persons or both? Do you offer services for individuals (consumers), organisations or both? If at organisations, who are your customer personas?

6. What is the role of public and private players in MyData Operator ecosystem?


Does the Public-Private Partnership model enable trust and neutrality?

[ECOSYSTEM] What is you approach towards private and public sector?