  We propose there is a need for a technical platform enabling people to engage
with the collection, management and consumption of personal data; and that this
platform should itself be personal, under the direct control of the individual
whose data it holds. In what follows, we refer to this platform as the Databox,
a personal, networked service that collates personal data and can be used to
make those data available. While your Databox is likely to be a virtual
platform, in that it will involve multiple devices and services, at least one
instance of it will exist in physical form such as on a physical form-factor
computing device with associated storage and networking, such as a home hub.
