Spanish telecom multinational Telefonica is to trial a blockchain-based platform that lets users sell their personal information.
The news was announced by Wibson, which offers a decentralized data marketplace that allows individuals to sell "Validated" private information for a profit.
Telefonica will trial the platform to validate the authenticity of its consumer data, Wibson said.
The trial will initially validate data from users of Telefonica subsidiary Movistar in the South American country of Uruguay.
"Telefonica will serve as a notary, helping to verify Movistar subscriber status for consumers selling data through the Wibson marketplace," the release states.
The notary feature ensures that data in the Wibson marketplace is "Always authentic, recent, and high quality," said Wibson co-founder and CEO Mat Travizano.
Wibson launched its data marketplace back in October, allowing users in with Argentina, Spain, and the U.K. to use its mobile app and a custom token to make money from their data.
Once a data transaction is confirmed via a smart contract on the platform, individuals receive payment in a wallet on the app.
"The Wibson platform and token provide consumers an easy way to profit from the personal data they create everyday, while asserting full rights of ownership over their personal information," Travizano said at the time.
"Blockchain not only allows us to work with new business models related to personal data. It gives us the opportunity to add a trust layer to operations and design new disruptive services".
Spanish Telecom Giant to Trial Blockchain Consumer Data Marketplace
pubblicato su Feb 21, 2019
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