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iGrant.io is proud to announce that it has been awarded the status of MyData Operator, for the second year running. The MyData Operator Award recognises personal data companies that have shown leadership in the personal data space through their human-centric approach to personal data that empowers individuals with the tools they need to manage their personal data. Today, 22 service providers across 11 countries were awarded the status of MyData Operator 2021. The Award acts as a symbol of best practice that reassures individuals, governments, investors, and other companies and organisations alike.

MyData Global chairman Antti “Jogi” Poikola, commenting on the awards and their impact on EU policy on data, noted: “The development of the Data Governance Act (DGA) shows a clear link to the MyData Operators white paper, which describes the operations and functions of what the EU terms as ‘data intermediaries’. Seeing how the white paper and the MyData Operator Awards have influenced legislation is a significant step in realising the principles in the MyData Declaration.”

iGrant.io co-founder and CEO, Lotta Lundin says: “This award is a testament to our commitment to a human centric approach to personal data usage, ensuring a win-win for individuals and for organisations who wish to monetise their data assets. It also puts us in a unique position to realise the role of a data intermediary within Europe and beyond”.

ABOUT IGRANT.IO

iGrant.io is a brand owned and marketed by LCubed AB, a Swedish company founded in 2017 and based in Stockholm. It is a cloud platform for managing user preferences and consents for organisations, enabling organisations to exchange and monetise their data assets while complying with data regulations. It provides consented data exchange and verification services between data sources and data using services in a fully auditable manner. It enables distributed apps (dApp) where individuals can aggregate data from multiple data sources and control, grant permissions and transfer their personal data to any data using services in real-time. iGrant.io does not hold any data from the data source but provides the ability to verify the authenticity of any data using services.

For more information, please visit iGrant.io and founders@igrant.io

For iGrant.io:

Lotta Lundin, CEO
t: +46 730 371 100
e: lotta@igrant.io

David Goodman, CMO
t: +44 7866 360 800
e: david@igrant.io

About MyData Global and Mydata Operator award:

MyData Global is an award-winning international nonprofit. The purpose of MyData Global is to empower individuals by improving their right to self-determination regarding their personal data. MyData Global has over 90 organisation members and nearly 400 individual members across industries from over 50 countries, on six continents. The nonprofit facilitates the MyData community of several thousand personal data experts and enthusiasts

MyData is described in the EU data strategy as a promising initiative for empowering citizens through exercising their digital rights. MyData Operators are examples of what the recent EU Data Governance Act calls “data intermediaries”, and they are set to play a critical role in the provision of the EU’s vision for data spaces.

The MyData Operator Award, launched in 2020, reflects the rising demand for a more ethical approach to personal data. The Award focuses on how personal data intermediaries manage two key issues: transparently communicating their practices and business models, and the extent to which users are the primary beneficiary of their personal data.

For MyData Global:

Victor Ponsford
Communications lead, MyData Global
e: victor@mydata.org
t: +47 94974977

For more information, see the organisations awarded the MyData Operator 2021 status: mydata.org/operators/