Tracking biodata: Ownership and sharing, Final report

This report presents an outline of the main research activities, short fieldwork and key outputs that were undertaken and produced respectively during the research placement (as 2014 visiting scholar) at the research center science and justice, University of California, Santa Cruz. The research conducted during the period of the grant (January - April 2014) focuses on understandings of personal data ownership and sharing amongst individuals and digital health start-up companies who self-track in the San Francisco Bay area, and draws on wider research on wearable devices for monitoring health and well-being. The research placement was funded by the Research Council UK digital economy theme, under the NEMODE (New Economic Models in the Digital Economy) Network.