Berenice FRAGER
Author's posts
Context
We are witnessing an exponential accumulation of personal data on servers of the Internet majors (GAFA), by obligation, or on the Cloud by practical choice of individuals. Once there, their use escapes to any control from the individuals and there are many examples of privacy violations arising from negligence, abusive use or simply to attacks. …
Solution
Cozy Cloud is a French startup that offers a “Personal Cloud” revolutionizing the management of personal data. The Personal Cloud, as proposed, focuses on the empowerment of the user. The challenge? Make the server a new consumer tool that anyone can administer as easily as his Smartphone and on which it will gather all data …
Context
The aging of the population imposes improving the health monitoring of dependent people at home. In this context, medical, social and administrative information must be exchanged between the involved actors (doctors, nursing assistants, carers, etc.). This coordination naturally require an access to this data at the bedside or while he is at a medical consultation. …
Experimentation
An experiment of the DMSP solution was conducted in two gerontological coordinations in the Yvelines territory, for 18 months. It involved 40 patients, 20 social workers and 60 volunteer doctors and nurses. Patients and professionals were equipped with mini-PCs capable of playing the DMSP application from a web browser, using the same interface to access …
A personal server: what for?
There is a broad consensus today on the need to strengthen the individuals’ control on the management of their personal data. But the way to achieve this goal is still debatable. Centralized solutions, including the majority of personal data lockers/vaults, are putting all their efforts on securing the servers. However, as recently demonstrated by the …
