Data equality starts with data possession.
We will help people reclaim and possess their data. By possessing your data, our members will better understand what data is being collected and who is collecting it. When you become an LLIF member of our non-profit service, you can automate your cloud data backup (and/or removal), analyze/visualize your data, and migrate your data from one vendor’s device/cloud to another. LLIF will be your de facto backup if your cloud provider or device vendor goes bankrupt, is impacted by ransomware, or is acquired by a company with potentially undesirable intentions, as recently occurred with Ancestry.com.
Regarding our data, cloud providers may be compared to the car rental companies from Seinfeld. They are good at taking our data but not great at holding it.
Like Wikipedia, LLIF is a non-profit without the motivation to profit from your data. Our goal is not just to be a free service but to enable our members to opt in to profit from their data. We will provide safe and secure backup without storing Personally Identifiable Information (PII). We will provide unique personal insights while allowing members to opt-in to anonymously share their data to enhance community insights.
Below, we’ll maintain basic instructions on taking your data from each cloud with guidance on the data that LLIF will likely support. Infographic Journal offers a good source of which cloud provider is collecting what data. As busy as the chart appears, it doesn’t even include non-cloud sources like your mobile phone carrier.
If you are interested in contributing time or money to the LLIF effort, please reach out.
Productivity
Google is primarily a productivity cloud that collects data to target ads as part of providing their productivity services. They provide a consolidated interface to “Takeout” data from all their services but be careful because if you grab it all, you will get every photo, video, etc. that you’ve ever uploaded and that may be more than you expect. Please go here for Google data and select Fit, My Activity, and Location History (optional) for use in LLIF.
Microsoft
Microsoft is primarily a productivity cloud that collects data through enterprises and consumers. They provide a primary website to both view and download your personal data by Apps & services, Voice, Search, Browse, Media, and Locations.
Retail Media
Amazon
Amazon is primarily a shopping e-commerce cloud. They do not provide a consolidated interface to download your data. Here is a handy guide to our Amazon data takeout process.
Please use the following locations:
- Shopping
- Purchase history (no longer available)
- Browsing history
- Echo voice
- Music history
- Video history
- Books history
- Ring
Target
Target is a large retailer and, like other retailers, collects information about our shopping. Please go here to request your Target information if you are in California.
Entertainment
Netflix
Netflix is an entertainment cloud. Please go here to get your viewing history.
Here is a handy guide on our Netflix data takeout process.
Spotify
Spotify is a music entertainment cloud. Please go here to get your viewing history.
Activity
Fitbit
Fitbit is started out as an activity tracker but has since added heart rate, sleep, and other valuable data. Please visit Fitbit community for instructions which will take you to Fitbit Data Export.
Here is a handy guide on our Fitbit data takeout process.
Social Network
FaceBook is primarily a consumer social network cloud. They provide a consolidated interface to download your data for their many services. Please go here for FaceBook data. You can select specific types of data.
Here is a handy guide on our Facebook/Meta data takeout process.
Whatsapp, a subsidiary of FaceBook, is a social network messaging cloud. Please go here to download your data.
LinkedIn is a business social network media cloud. Please go here to select which LinkedIn data to download. We do not yet accept imports from LinkedIn.
Device
Apple
Apple is more of a device company than a cloud company. Much of the data is stored locally on their device. You can install Google services to grab data off the Apple device and push to the Google cloud for us to consume through Google Takeout.
Please go here for Apple data.
Samsung
Samsung is one of the most common device manufacturers providing software services that enhance the Android experience around voice assistant, fitness tracking, security, and more.
Please go here for Samsung data.
Tesla
Tesla is an Electric Vehicle EV manufacturer that can be compared to a robot on wheels. Like any robot, Tesla vehicles continuously collect data on the car and the driver owner.
Please go here to request your Tesla data.
Carriers
Verizon
Verizon is a communications company that collects information on our phone interactions, including calls, texts, data, addresses, etc.
Please go here to request your Verizon data.
Who we are
The Live Learn Innovate Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit entity that empowers software users to regain control of their personally generated health data, gain intuitive insights about their social data, learn the impact of their environment on health, and build a foundation of data analytics that empowers research, academics, and innovation in economic development.
Use cases for this secure, private data aggregation method appear everywhere, expanding to family care, community growth, agricultural planning, and many more things still unseen. Help us keep going by getting involved today.