Built on the trust principles and standards of the Hub of All Thing Research Projects, the HAT Microservers provided by Dataswyft is unique in enabling each individual Microserver owner to (effectively) own, control and process their own data, and allowing for decentralised AI. This benefits the businesses with whom server owners can choose to reveal information or share data and insights for benefits. All parties gain from increased opportunity whilst the Foundation-enabled multi-stakeholder governance ensures greater legitimacy, accountability and alignment of interest to deliver long-term success.
The HCF is established as a company limited by guarantee (a for-profit, non-stock enterprise with no beneficial ownership), acting as an impartial and legitimate non-statutory regulator responsible for the “regulation of a digital exchange for the exchange of personal information for the public benefit”. Its role therefore is to ensure that the commercial interest of Dataswyft and ecosystem players are balanced with those of server owners in accordance with the HAT ideals for the democratisation of data and its self-sovereignty.
The HCF owns a guardian share of Dataswyft and sits on its board, to ensure directors perform their fiduciary duty to uphold Dataswyft’s complementary social purpose “to operate for the public benefit a digital exchange for the exchange of personal information including data processing, hosting and related activities”. Dataswyft deploys and operate the HAT Microserver technology under licence from the Foundation.
HCF’s vision is for an independent and accountable network of Data Accounts with trusted usage of self-sovereign data and responsible AI worldwide.
HCF was established following guidance from the RCUK-funded, six-university HAT project to nurture and regulate the the use of HAT Microservers on behalf of Server owners. Specifically, it aims to work with third-party organisations to champion the rights and needs of Server owners to ensure they are not disadvantaged by commercial actors within the ecosystem. Given the ideals of the Hub of All Things, this approach is of benefit to all.
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