Data Transfer Project

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Data Transfer Project
Data Transfer Project logo.svg
Commercial?No
Type of projectData portability
FounderGoogle
Established20 July 2018 (2018-07-20)
StatusActive
Websitedatatransferproject.dev

The Data Transfer Project (DTP) is an open-source initiative which features data portability between multiple online platforms.[1][2] The project was launched and introduced by Google in July 20, 2018, and has currently partnered with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter,[3][4] and Apple.[5]

Background

The project was formed by the Google Data Liberation Front in 2017, hoping to provide a platform that could allow individuals to move their online data between different platforms, without the need of downloading and re-uploading data.[6][3] The ecosystem is achieved by extracting different files through various available APIs released by online platforms and translating such codes so that it could be compatible with other platforms.[7][8]

In July 20, 2018, the joint project was announced. The source code, which has been uploaded to GitHub, was mainly written by Google and Microsoft's engineers.[9]

In July 30, 2019, Apple announced that it will be joining the project, allowing data portability in iCloud.[5]

Implementations

On 2 December 2019, Facebook announced the ability for users to transfer photos and videos to Google Photos, originally available only in a select few countries. This expanded over the following months, and on 4 June 2019 Facebook announced full global availability of this feature.[10]

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Reference

  1. ↑ "Facebook, Google and more unite to let you transfer data between apps" (in en-US). TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/20/data-transfer-project/. 
  2. ↑ "The Data Transfer Project’s big-name support won’t matter without the biggest one: Apple" (in en). PCWorld. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3290947/privacy/data-transfer-project-apple.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Introducing Data Transfer Project: an open source platform promoting universal data portability" (in en-US). Google Open Source Blog. https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/07/introducing-data-transfer-project.html. 
  4. ↑ "Data Transfer Project | 9to5Google" (in en-US). https://9to5google.com/guides/data-transfer-project/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brandom, Russell (2019-07-30). "Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project". https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/30/20746868/apple-data-transfer-project-google-microsoft-twitter. 
  6. ↑ "Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data project". The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/20/17589246/data-transfer-project-google-facebook-microsoft-twitter. 
  7. ↑ Rutherford, Sam. "Four of the Biggest Tech Giants Teamed Up to Make Moving Your Data Around Less Painful" (in en-US). Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/four-of-the-biggest-tech-giants-team-up-to-make-moving-1827747259. 
  8. ↑ "Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Twitter Introduce the Data Transfer Project: An Open Source Initiative for Consumer Data Portability - EU Policy Blog" (in en-US). EU Policy Blog. 2018-07-20. https://blogs.microsoft.com/eupolicy/2018/07/20/microsoft-facebook-google-and-twitter-introduce-the-data-transfer-project-an-open-source-initiative-for-consumer-data-portability/. 
  9. ↑ "Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter launch the Data Transfer Project" (in en-US). VentureBeat. 2018-07-20. https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/20/facebook-google-microsoft-and-twitter-launch-the-data-transfer-project/. 
  10. ↑ "Driving Innovation in Data Portability With a New Photo Transfer Tool" (in en-US). 2019-12-02. https://about.fb.com/news/2019/12/data-portability-photo-transfer-tool/. 

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