Hao Liu

Privacy and data is undoubtedly one of the biggest issues in the Internet world today. Users and technology companies are working hard to defend the data property they depend on. In traditional relationships, technology companies always play the role of surveillant, and attempt to conceal this serious fact with hard-to-read terms of service and complicated cookie settings.

As the owner of personal data from beginning to end, the user should have the right to know and control it in the most timely and detailed manner. Obviously, the world today is far from being able to do this, even though these basic user rights have already been written into regulations such as GDPR.

It is hard to cut this relationship between users and digital products, however, we can create a new one. In my project, companies will adopt a brand-new technical standard and legal commitment. All actions on user data will be granulated and timely informed to users. These processes are perceivable through sound and vision. And by placing action modules, users will be able to deploy data strategies in an intuitive and fast way. Simply put, users also become surveillant.