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hygiene

Your data is s**t

Welcome to the shitshow

In examining new ways for understanding the contemporary data subject, I believe the metaphor of shit is useful. It reminds us that data is a daily excretion composed of body with environment (personal with non-personal data). Like sludge (refined sewage), data excretions provoke, what I refer to here as, hygiene processes to manage storage, cleansing, and refinement, and increasingly realise inherent value (Hope, 2016).

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