vavoida

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by vavoida 9y ago
We will see.
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by vavoida 9y ago
we, the OKFDE, have no partnership with Bertelsmann our partner, algorithmwatch, has - independently from this project - funding from Bertelsmann Stiftung again the data is first delivered only to the user, afterwards he/she can decide
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by vavoida 9y ago
As stated before, we are not only asking for SCHUFA but also arvato data, see blogpost https://okfn.de/blog/2018/02/openschufa-english/#update
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by vavoida 9y ago
http://openschufa.de will be place for updates will take a couple of weeks, project will run for months to come
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by vavoida 9y ago
You are welcome!
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by vavoida 9y ago
We are trying to convince them. Here are the live stats from the requests https://selbstauskunft.net/statistiken Skewed demographics are on the radar (we know we are in bubble). EU regulation 2016/679 GDPR with May 25t
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by vavoida 9y ago
wrt algo - afaik the biggest credit rating agency in Germany is "just" using a logistic regression. details will follow.
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by vavoida 9y ago
The data and credit scores are sent from the credit score agencies to each person directly (via snail-mail). After that they can decide to upload their "anonymized" data or not. In order to develop a privacy focused uploading pro
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by vavoida 9y ago
see this information https://www.settle-in-berlin.com/what-is-schufa/
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by vavoida 9y ago
btw. we are requestion infoscore aka Bertelsmann - data see stats https://okfn.de/blog/2018/02/openschufa-english/#update
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by vavoida 9y ago
1. date is not open yet, first people have to request the data (will take probalby 4-6 weeks until they get the credit scores) 2. see below https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16391885
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by vavoida 9y ago
just raw images would cause major privacy & data protection issues
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by vavoida 9y ago
a. is disclosed by our partner algorithmwatch b. the funding is not for this project c. see https://twitter.com/OpenSchufa/status/964408780162150400 "Die SCHUFA ist die bekannteste Auskunftei & Marktführ
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by vavoida 9y ago
FYI in case you speak German, this project is currently all over the news in Germany, causing quite a stir. TV http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/schufa-101.html https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/video&
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by vavoida 9y ago
yes, there are better explanations for the Double Irish Dutch Sandwich http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/28/business/Doubl... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFKGmmm-j5M
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by vavoida 9y ago
nice service, I like the idea of the automatic pgp-key-lookup-service
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by vavoida 10y ago
nice projects in 1st round https://prototypefund.de/projects/
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100.000 Euro #opendata funding opportunity (total €5.5M)(opendataincubator.eu)
1 points by vavoida 10y ago|0 comments
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by vavoida 10y ago
talking about funding 100.000 Euro funding available (total €5.5 million) for opendata startups & SMEs https://opendataincubator.eu/apply deadline by 30.08.2016
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And there goes Germany ... blocking Snowden from personal testifying (theguardian.com)
12 points by vavoida 12y ago|0 comments
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by vavoida 12y ago
also check http://www.savetheinternet.eu/ 2 days in Europe before the vote
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Startups for #netneutrality(startupsfornetneutrality.org)
3 points by vavoida 12y ago|1 comments
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by vavoida 13y ago
kudos - great team!
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by vavoida 13y ago
metacontent (message content) & metadata -> smiley face, slide 2 interesting definition of metacontent
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Leafly.com - VC backed Marijuana Dispensary & Strain Reviews.(leafly.com)
2 points by vavoida 14y ago|0 comments
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LobbyPlag: track lobbyists proposals which went straight into EU amendments(lobbyplag.eu)
2 points by vavoida 14y ago|0 comments
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by vavoida 14y ago
great, detailed read
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by vavoida 14y ago
congrats to the new name!
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The UN fought the Internet — and the Internet won(kurzweilai.net)
29 points by vavoida 14y ago|3 comments
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by vavoida 14y ago
find that explanation shorter & faster, although polsci http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/07/31/milton-friedmans-th...

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