Clean Data Alliance
@cleandataalliance.bsky.social
Giving people control of and compensation for their data.
Replacing surveillance capitalism with truth, trust, and transparency.
A nonprofit alliance building the clean data economy.
Link: https://cleandata.world
Location: Global
Replacing surveillance capitalism with truth, trust, and transparency.
A nonprofit alliance building the clean data economy.
Link: https://cleandata.world
Location: Global
The real reset isn’t better personalization.
It’s designing systems that respect impermanence.
Consent must be revocable.
Participation must be chosen.
Value must be mutual.
Clean data doesn’t create community.
It reveals whether it was ever real.
It’s designing systems that respect impermanence.
Consent must be revocable.
Participation must be chosen.
Value must be mutual.
Clean data doesn’t create community.
It reveals whether it was ever real.
December 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The real reset isn’t better personalization.
It’s designing systems that respect impermanence.
Consent must be revocable.
Participation must be chosen.
Value must be mutual.
Clean data doesn’t create community.
It reveals whether it was ever real.
It’s designing systems that respect impermanence.
Consent must be revocable.
Participation must be chosen.
Value must be mutual.
Clean data doesn’t create community.
It reveals whether it was ever real.
Most people don’t want a “relationship” with brands.
They want utility, clarity, and the freedom to leave.
This isn’t disloyalty.
It’s agency.
We’re not in a loyalty economy.
We’re in a discernment economy.
They want utility, clarity, and the freedom to leave.
This isn’t disloyalty.
It’s agency.
We’re not in a loyalty economy.
We’re in a discernment economy.
December 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Most people don’t want a “relationship” with brands.
They want utility, clarity, and the freedom to leave.
This isn’t disloyalty.
It’s agency.
We’re not in a loyalty economy.
We’re in a discernment economy.
They want utility, clarity, and the freedom to leave.
This isn’t disloyalty.
It’s agency.
We’re not in a loyalty economy.
We’re in a discernment economy.
Community isn’t a feature you launch.
It’s an outcome you earn.
Signups aren’t belonging.
Engagement isn’t commitment.
Dashboards don’t measure aliveness.
Clean data just makes the emptiness harder to ignore.
It’s an outcome you earn.
Signups aren’t belonging.
Engagement isn’t commitment.
Dashboards don’t measure aliveness.
Clean data just makes the emptiness harder to ignore.
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Community isn’t a feature you launch.
It’s an outcome you earn.
Signups aren’t belonging.
Engagement isn’t commitment.
Dashboards don’t measure aliveness.
Clean data just makes the emptiness harder to ignore.
It’s an outcome you earn.
Signups aren’t belonging.
Engagement isn’t commitment.
Dashboards don’t measure aliveness.
Clean data just makes the emptiness harder to ignore.
Dirty data created debt:
• Behavioral debt
• Opportunity debt
• Identity debt
• Trust debt
Clean data can stop the debt from growing.
It cannot pretend the balance never existed.
Better inputs ≠ restored relationships.
• Behavioral debt
• Opportunity debt
• Identity debt
• Trust debt
Clean data can stop the debt from growing.
It cannot pretend the balance never existed.
Better inputs ≠ restored relationships.
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dirty data created debt:
• Behavioral debt
• Opportunity debt
• Identity debt
• Trust debt
Clean data can stop the debt from growing.
It cannot pretend the balance never existed.
Better inputs ≠ restored relationships.
• Behavioral debt
• Opportunity debt
• Identity debt
• Trust debt
Clean data can stop the debt from growing.
It cannot pretend the balance never existed.
Better inputs ≠ restored relationships.
Clean data fixes accuracy.
It does not fix relationships.
You can verify signals, log consent, and reduce harm—and still fail to create trust, loyalty, or belonging.
Because those were never data problems.
They were power problems.
It does not fix relationships.
You can verify signals, log consent, and reduce harm—and still fail to create trust, loyalty, or belonging.
Because those were never data problems.
They were power problems.
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Clean data fixes accuracy.
It does not fix relationships.
You can verify signals, log consent, and reduce harm—and still fail to create trust, loyalty, or belonging.
Because those were never data problems.
They were power problems.
It does not fix relationships.
You can verify signals, log consent, and reduce harm—and still fail to create trust, loyalty, or belonging.
Because those were never data problems.
They were power problems.
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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
This raccoon has stolen fewer things today
than the average website you visited.
And he’s doing it in a hoodie, not with cookies.
than the average website you visited.
And he’s doing it in a hoodie, not with cookies.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This raccoon has stolen fewer things today
than the average website you visited.
And he’s doing it in a hoodie, not with cookies.
than the average website you visited.
And he’s doing it in a hoodie, not with cookies.
The real Black Friday bundle:
Buy one sweater → get 17 invisible trackers free.
Hard pass.
#DigitalDignity
Buy one sweater → get 17 invisible trackers free.
Hard pass.
#DigitalDignity
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The real Black Friday bundle:
Buy one sweater → get 17 invisible trackers free.
Hard pass.
#DigitalDignity
Buy one sweater → get 17 invisible trackers free.
Hard pass.
#DigitalDignity
Black Friday is wild, but not as wild as how fast data brokers sprint to grab your info. 🏃💨
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Black Friday is wild, but not as wild as how fast data brokers sprint to grab your info. 🏃💨
Black Friday receipts are long…
but not “we sold your data to 42 third parties” long. 😬
but not “we sold your data to 42 third parties” long. 😬
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Black Friday receipts are long…
but not “we sold your data to 42 third parties” long. 😬
but not “we sold your data to 42 third parties” long. 😬
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Black Friday in a nutshell
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Black Friday in a nutshell
Happy Black Friday!
Reminder: if you’re not paying for the product…
you’re the discounted product. 💸
Let’s upgrade to a world where your data doesn’t get sold for 97% off.
#CleanData #BlackFriday
Reminder: if you’re not paying for the product…
you’re the discounted product. 💸
Let’s upgrade to a world where your data doesn’t get sold for 97% off.
#CleanData #BlackFriday
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Happy Black Friday!
Reminder: if you’re not paying for the product…
you’re the discounted product. 💸
Let’s upgrade to a world where your data doesn’t get sold for 97% off.
#CleanData #BlackFriday
Reminder: if you’re not paying for the product…
you’re the discounted product. 💸
Let’s upgrade to a world where your data doesn’t get sold for 97% off.
#CleanData #BlackFriday
Black Friday tip:
Don’t let companies track your every move just because you clicked “Add to Cart.”
Your data deserves better than being a doorbuster.
Don’t let companies track your every move just because you clicked “Add to Cart.”
Your data deserves better than being a doorbuster.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Black Friday tip:
Don’t let companies track your every move just because you clicked “Add to Cart.”
Your data deserves better than being a doorbuster.
Don’t let companies track your every move just because you clicked “Add to Cart.”
Your data deserves better than being a doorbuster.
This Black Friday, data brokers are offering their favorite deal:
Your information for free.
You get nothing. They get everything.
Let’s flip that economy.
Your information for free.
You get nothing. They get everything.
Let’s flip that economy.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This Black Friday, data brokers are offering their favorite deal:
Your information for free.
You get nothing. They get everything.
Let’s flip that economy.
Your information for free.
You get nothing. They get everything.
Let’s flip that economy.
Brands on Black Friday: “WE VALUE YOUR PRIVACY!”
Also brands: slides 48 trackers into your cart without asking.
Maybe try asking for consent before you ask for my credit card?
Also brands: slides 48 trackers into your cart without asking.
Maybe try asking for consent before you ask for my credit card?
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Brands on Black Friday: “WE VALUE YOUR PRIVACY!”
Also brands: slides 48 trackers into your cart without asking.
Maybe try asking for consent before you ask for my credit card?
Also brands: slides 48 trackers into your cart without asking.
Maybe try asking for consent before you ask for my credit card?
Grateful for fresh ideas that don’t smell like 1990s data brokerage.
We’re saying goodbye to the grimy green tarp of extraction, fraud, and “click accept to continue.”
Say hello to dignity-first data systems—where people get control and compensation.
We’re saying goodbye to the grimy green tarp of extraction, fraud, and “click accept to continue.”
Say hello to dignity-first data systems—where people get control and compensation.
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Grateful for fresh ideas that don’t smell like 1990s data brokerage.
We’re saying goodbye to the grimy green tarp of extraction, fraud, and “click accept to continue.”
Say hello to dignity-first data systems—where people get control and compensation.
We’re saying goodbye to the grimy green tarp of extraction, fraud, and “click accept to continue.”
Say hello to dignity-first data systems—where people get control and compensation.
Thankful for open air and open algorithms.
No more shady surveillance shadows blocking our sidewalks and our screens.
Next year, we’re taking down the dark-pattern sheds of AdTech and replacing them with transparent, logged, revocable consent.
No more shady surveillance shadows blocking our sidewalks and our screens.
Next year, we’re taking down the dark-pattern sheds of AdTech and replacing them with transparent, logged, revocable consent.
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thankful for open air and open algorithms.
No more shady surveillance shadows blocking our sidewalks and our screens.
Next year, we’re taking down the dark-pattern sheds of AdTech and replacing them with transparent, logged, revocable consent.
No more shady surveillance shadows blocking our sidewalks and our screens.
Next year, we’re taking down the dark-pattern sheds of AdTech and replacing them with transparent, logged, revocable consent.
This year, we’re thankful for fresh consent and real control.
Goodbye to the hideous, decades-old data scaffolding Big Tech bolts over our lives.
Hello to clean, permissioned, anonymous data—finally letting New Yorkers breathe digitally again.
Goodbye to the hideous, decades-old data scaffolding Big Tech bolts over our lives.
Hello to clean, permissioned, anonymous data—finally letting New Yorkers breathe digitally again.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This year, we’re thankful for fresh consent and real control.
Goodbye to the hideous, decades-old data scaffolding Big Tech bolts over our lives.
Hello to clean, permissioned, anonymous data—finally letting New Yorkers breathe digitally again.
Goodbye to the hideous, decades-old data scaffolding Big Tech bolts over our lives.
Hello to clean, permissioned, anonymous data—finally letting New Yorkers breathe digitally again.
It's Time for a New Data Foundation
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open.substack.com/pub/cleandat...
It's Time for a New Data Foundation
Why demographic data invented in the 1950s has outlived its usefulness
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's Time for a New Data Foundation
open.substack.com/pub/cleandat...
open.substack.com/pub/cleandat...
“You can’t bolt on privacy after the fact.”
True privacy starts at collection—with consent that’s continuous, revocable, logged, and respected.
And when people finally own their data, they can be compensated for it.
Data Agency isn’t a luxury. It’s the new baseline for a functional digital economy.
True privacy starts at collection—with consent that’s continuous, revocable, logged, and respected.
And when people finally own their data, they can be compensated for it.
Data Agency isn’t a luxury. It’s the new baseline for a functional digital economy.
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“You can’t bolt on privacy after the fact.”
True privacy starts at collection—with consent that’s continuous, revocable, logged, and respected.
And when people finally own their data, they can be compensated for it.
Data Agency isn’t a luxury. It’s the new baseline for a functional digital economy.
True privacy starts at collection—with consent that’s continuous, revocable, logged, and respected.
And when people finally own their data, they can be compensated for it.
Data Agency isn’t a luxury. It’s the new baseline for a functional digital economy.
AI trained on demographics + inferred behavior = Artificial Guessing.
We call it AI, but it’s really “Artificial Inferring.”
If we want AI to be useful, fair, and trustworthy, it needs real, verified, permissioned human data—not probabilistic fiction about who we might be.
We call it AI, but it’s really “Artificial Inferring.”
If we want AI to be useful, fair, and trustworthy, it needs real, verified, permissioned human data—not probabilistic fiction about who we might be.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
AI trained on demographics + inferred behavior = Artificial Guessing.
We call it AI, but it’s really “Artificial Inferring.”
If we want AI to be useful, fair, and trustworthy, it needs real, verified, permissioned human data—not probabilistic fiction about who we might be.
We call it AI, but it’s really “Artificial Inferring.”
If we want AI to be useful, fair, and trustworthy, it needs real, verified, permissioned human data—not probabilistic fiction about who we might be.