Personal Data

This visual library enables you to see what your data looks like and how it is used on the ‘other side’ of the screen – what mobile-phone providers, internet providers or websites are seeing about you and your preferences and habits – as well as demystifying some of the ways in which your data is used. What is scoring? How are you being profiled? And what is an algorithm? These short films take you on a variety of ‘data journeys’ revealing the life patterns you create using your devices and how this information is tracked, analysed and traded by others, from the use of your data in elections to the use of your data by dating platforms.

Animations presented:

Trackography

See how your private data is harvested while you read news online.

Research by Tactical Tech, animation produced by Klaas Diersmann. Sound design by Michal Krajczok.

Browser Histories: Metadata Explorations

Check out the personal data that can be extracted from your internet browsing history.

Project by Share Lab, animation by Tactical Tech. Sound design by Michal Krajczok.

Re:log

Did you ever wonder what information flies away when you use WiFi at home, work and in public spaces? Is some of it private?

Animation produced by Tactical Tech and Klaas Diersmann. Sound design by Michal Krajczok.

Data Retention in Switzerland: The Monitored Life of National Councilor Balthasar Glättli

Are our mobile phones excellent portable tracking devices - or an exaggerated statement?