COMET: “Consent Registry” at the Open Identity Summit 2025
5. June 2025
2 minutes
At the end of May, the COMET team from Goethe University Frankfurt and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)) presented their latest research findings at the Open Identity Summit at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich. The focus was on the paper “What are your intentions with my data? A tool to enhance consumer data sovereignty in digital ecosystems”, which was developed as part of the SmartLivingNEXT technology program.
The team of authors – Aaron Witzki, K. Valerie Carl, Léon Dankert, Oliver Thomas and OliverHinz – presents the so-called “Consent Registry”, an innovative instrument for strengthening the digital self-determination of consumers The Consent Registry follows the principle of “case-by-case consent”: instead of blanket consent, it enables a conscious, case-by-case decision to be made on the transfer of personal data.
The aim is to reduce existing information asymmetries, make complex data protection declarations easier to understand and give users real control over their data. The Consent Registry takes three key stakeholder groups into account: the consumers, the requesting institutions and the application providers, who play a mediating role and should protect against unreasonable requests.
The presentation met with great interest from the expert audience and led to a lively discussion about the practical applicability of granular consent mechanisms in different industries. The feedback provides valuable impetus for the further development of data sovereign approaches in digital ecosystems.
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