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From our TV and film streaming accounts to our banking details, from online shops to our digital magazine subscriptions, it is now extremely common for people to constantly give away their private data to receive a steady stream of goods and services. And it doesn’t just stop at consumerism. With the increasing digitisation of government and corporate services, many of our most intimate and private personal details have found their way into the online realm. Of course, social media and other tech giants are also likely to hold vast amounts of information on our lives, beliefs, professions, personal histories and spending habits. In today’s ever-growing and expanding digital economy, personal data has become as valuable a commodity as cold hard cash.

Activating a metabolic pathway in nematodes grants them an increased lifespan, a technique which could be adapted to fight age-related diseases in humans.

How do we finally give EU citizens back control of their own data? The answer could lie in a novel Privacy-Enhanced Dashboard developed under the EU-funded PoSeID-on project.