The Mee Foundation

Shift as much control as possible over your personal data to you, while complying with applicable law. Your explicitl opt-in must be requested for any processing, and you must have the ability to delegate access to your data to others.

Where personal data must be collected by entities, we promote your ability to access, edit, and delete you data regardless of what entity collects it. These rights enable your Mee software agent to move it freely from one entity to another within the Mee Data Network, as well as to download a copy of it.

Promote the development of personal, trusted, software identity agents to empower you and work entirely on your behalf.

You should have a digital embodiment of yourself (a Mee software identity agent) that is as independent as possible of administrative authorities.

Promote decentralized architectures where power and control are distributed and not centralized in a few entities or platforms.

We believe in open practices, transparency, and accountability. This principle extends to our organizational practices, governance, and the software we develop. Our software is published on GitHub.

We are a non-profit that works on your behalf. We have no incentive to make money from your personal data.

Enable apps/sites that earn revenues from advertizing, to continue to do so. However, in contrast to prevailing adtech that relies on tracking you across the web, develop private advertising technology which allows ad personalization based on your membership in cohorts with similar interests.

Require that all service providers' apps/sites that exchange data on the Mee Data Network be authorized by us. They must comply with our UX guidelines and agree to a Mee License agreement that constrains how they manage your personal data so as to maximize your privacy. For example, service providers may not share/sell personal information without your explicit consent. We maintain a public registry of authorized service providers' apps/sites that are allowed to display the Mee trust mark. We enforce this license on behalf of you.

Employ the best security practices in software development and operations.

Offer services free of charge to ensure that everyone has access to, and can participate in, the benefits of control over their personal information regardless of geographic location, socioeconomic status, or preferred technology platform.