KEY CONCEPTS

Every interaction with the digital environment leaves a data trail and whole industries exist to collect, store, clean and sell this (exponentially) increasing amount of data. Of primary value is the combination of these data trails into what is termed a data shadow. It is the story of one’s trace in the digital environment.

RESULTS & OUTPUTS

The following pages report the results of the explorative anthropological study that investigated experiences of donating personal data to mental health research. For more information on the methods used please see here.