Which podcast did you listen to yesterday? What was the last thing you googled? Which post did you like the day before yesterday?
As users, we quickly lose track of our online activities, while Google, Meta and other platforms record exactly what we do. To get a better understanding of what digital traces we leave behind and what data is collected about us by tech companies, users have the right to download their data from these platforms.
At the Data Donation Days , researchers not only provide information on how to do this, but also on the importance of data donation and encourage people to make data available for research. In September, these events took place in Zurich and Winterthur, where they met with great interest and received positive feedback from visitors.
Impressions of the on-site promotions
Why should we donate data?
Data donation plays a crucial role in research. In a report on SRF, Prof. Dr. Thomas Friemel explains how science uses our data and why it is important to make the topic of data donation better known.
Take part here and find out more about your digital footprint! Your data is of great value to research.
Photos: Sibille Etling and Andreas Schweiger. You can find more impressions of the Data Donation Days here.