BigDecisions – Data-driven decision making with cryptographic confidentiality

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Our objective in this innovation project is to disrupt data brokerage and analytics industries by introducing Sharemind, a security technology that enables previously impossible data analysis applications. Sharemind solves the problem where an organization wants to learn something from confidential data owned by a number of other people or organizations. Sharemind allows the data owners to protect their information during the analysis so that any leakage is controlled with machine-enforced means. For example, banks, retailers and governments can collect and share customer/citizen information without compromising privacy. Sharemind encourages rational behaviour in a society. By removing the barriers from information sharing, Sharemind lets governments, companies and researchers reach their full potential and become more efficient. We have validated this capability in multiple real-world prototypes and have achieved legal breakthroughs that make Sharemind a promising technology for Europe.