[GaseousClay]

I'd appreciate if it were much like meeting people, maybe more private since a software/company isn't a person.

While I wouldn't tell anyone my life story immediately, they may get to know more about me through consistent interaction over time. I'd prefer if apps got our data similarly instead of in bulk from shady data collectors.

But this reminds me of gossip; it would be nice if only our non-sensitive data were strictly shared with our consent, both across apps/companies and across people, but I could see that killing the market value of data collection. Plus maybe sharing user data has similar 1st amendment protections as gossip? But much like talking about others, some such discussions are more ethical than others.

It would be nice if an ethical standard for user data collection and sharing were settled and widely adopted, but I'm not sure where to start. GDPR seems a start: https://gdpr-info.eu/

[orlandohohmeier]

You're touching on an interesting point, so sharing a little data over time is less of an issue then sharing your entire life story all at once. Thinking of Facebook which slowly learned more and more details about all it's users and people where willing to share pieces of data that maybe otherwise would have shied away they would have been asked about all their data upfront.

To your second and last point: I think one can share all the data one want's the more difficult part is using said data. Under GDPR there are very tight limits on what one can use and what not, even inferred data are personal data [0] so I'd say it's a good start for framework protecting personal rights.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/02/cjeu-sensitive-data-case/