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The main difference is that "non-exclusive" part: you retain the right to license it out to other entities, or to use it for your own purposes.
by candu 11y ago
The main difference is that "non-exclusive" part: you retain the right to license it out to other entities, or to use it for your own purposes.
- ethbro 11y agoNot sure if you meant "you" or "they" there, but the "you" case is more interesting. No, "you" generally do not effectively retain the right to license your data collected by a third party out to other entities, because (as far as I know) there are no laws which require that third party to provide you with the data they've collected. Examples here would be 23andMe vs. Fitbit. 23andMe is in the business of collecting data from you (in essence), then providing it to you and using it for their own purposes. Fitbit is in the business of collecting data from you, then processing it and performing a number of black box calculations, then providing you summarized results. (Caveat: yes, I am aware that most activity trackers have API / export functionality. However, in all the instances I looked at that's limited and generally crap compared to the raw take the main party has access to)