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  • Doom and damnation for Europe's wearable tech startups! Unless ...
    Doom and damnation for Europe's wearable tech startups! Unless ...
    17 October 2014
    Simon Montford Simon Montford
    17 October 2014

    Hi Redg, looking forward to seeing you at GlazedLondon. Keep up the good work! Just a quick response with regards to data usage apropos USA v EU. In Europe we have far stricter data laws which are enforced, unlike America, where there is a far stronger attitude towards 'freedom of information'. EU startups are, therefore, sensibly being cautious about how data, that they collect about their consumers, is stored used and shared. The repercussions from the law and consumers are potentially far greater over in Europe than in the States. Here is a blog I wrote ref data usage from a personal (user's perspective @simonmontford): http://www.web3iot.com/news-categories/whos-data-is-it-anyway

    1. 17 October 2014
      Redg Snodgrass Redg Snodgrass
      17 October 2014

      @simon - the fear I have is the handicapping of the "sensible" and what the definition of "sensible" is. For me I think sensible is leveraging it for product feedback and design in order to bring customers better value. Sensible is NOT using it to return higher insurance premiums, design more intrusive ad-units. I wanted to really push the entrepreneurs in the EU ecosystem (many of them close friends) to question and push the limits as far as they can with the users in mind.

      In regards to private clouds of data etc. How will end users ever be able to interpret that data if we as entrepreneurs don't learn how to extract it, clearly define it, and put it into a proper consumable presentation layer. I fear this mindset will only hinder the good while the bad actors will continue to exploit this data with blatant disregard for the end user.

  • Doom and damnation for Europe's wearable tech startups! Unless ...
    Doom and damnation for Europe's wearable tech startups! Unless ...
    16 October 2014
    Francesco Giartosio Francesco Giartosio
    16 October 2014

    Yeah, I largely agree - but then again, we don't need more money or visibility right now, we just need to get the damn product out. Product is king.

    As for data collection, our gross American competitor is stumbling just on that - disregarding privacy feelings.

    1. 17 October 2014
      Redg Snodgrass Redg Snodgrass
      17 October 2014

      Francesco - I'm not saying to disregard feelings on privacy, but that we should rather look at privacy as transactional. Not in order to put more ads in front of faces, but rather use this data to create better products with strong use cases that help people. This should be an acceptable exchange. Instead many of the teams we've talked to (100's) try to avoid leveraging it in a major way. This is hurting their business