# Personal data

`kaal:entity:personal-data`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `personal-data`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

4 claims across 4 works, 2019 to 2024.

**2019**

- [3406323-011](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-011) [mechanism/argued] -- Personal data, preferences, and opinions can only be limitedly commercialized inside centralized structures, whereas in decentralized structures the same assets can be tokenized, valued, and mobilized, including in real time.
  > Such assets, e.g. one's data, preferences, opinions etc. currently in centralized structures can only limitedly be commercialized. In decentralized structures such assets can be tokenized, valued, and mobilized.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323

**2020**

- [3709041-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3709041-016) [mechanism/argued] -- Personal assets such as data, preferences, and opinions can only be commercialized to a limited extent in centralized structures, whereas decentralized structures allow those same assets to be tokenized, valued, and mobilized.
  > Such assets, e.g. one's data, preferences, opinions etc. can only limitedly be commercialized in existing centralized structures. In decentralized structures such assets can be tokenized, valued, and mobilized.
  Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

**2021**

- [3808867-011](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-011) [mechanism/argued] -- Personal assets such as one's data, preferences, and opinions can only be commercialized to a limited degree in existing centralized structures, whereas decentralized structures allow those same assets to be tokenized, valued, and mobilized.
  > Such assets, e.g. one's data, preferences, opinions etc. can only limitedly be commercialized in existing centralized structures. In decentralized structures such assets can be tokenized, valued, and mobilized.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

**2024**

- [4941807-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-017) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- As AI systems come to depend on vast data, personal information is converted from a resource the individual could control and deploy at discretion into a fundamental operational input for AI systems, which increases the potential for misuse and makes it harder for individuals to manage how their data is used.
  > As AI technologies evolve, they rely heavily on vast amounts of data, transforming personal information from a resource that individuals could control and use at their discretion into a fundamental operational tool for AI systems.
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4941807

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