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What’s the tradeoff between privacy and benefits in data-driven solutions?

Data Slots was played in more than 80 countries, both in person and online. This gives us the first global assessment of the trade-off between privacy and benefits in a data-drenched world.
Play Data Slots
Data Cards
Players select and swap these cards with twelve types of data: personal profile, health data, dietary habits, electronic transactions, social networks, human mobility, animal mobility, vehicle mobility, utility data, environmental data, public infrastructure, and greenery. Players select and swap these cards to generate solutions.
Scenario Cards
Players create data-driven solutions for one of three scenarios: home, work, and public spaces.
Chips
Each player receives 10 investment chips. In the final phase of the game, players invest these chips in other players’ proposals considering the tradeoff between privacy and benefits.
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Played online in over 80 countries.

Played in person in 23 cities:

Mexico • Italy • Indonesia • United States • China • Brazil • Afghanistan • Germany • Singapore • United Kingdom • South Africa • Netherlands • Norway • France • India • Albania • South Korea • Australia • Saudi Arabia • Turkey • Denmark • Kosovo • Austria • American Samoa • Lebanon • Canada • Sweden • Colombia • Japan • Belgium • Spain • Algeria • Taiwan • Ireland • Uruguay • Hungary • Argentina • Greece • Switzerland • Andorra • Kazakhstan • Pakistan • Philippines • Vietnam • Antigua and Barbuda • Bouvet Island • Armenia • Ecuador • Egypt • Israel • Bangladesh • Slovakia • Barbados • Bolivia • Turkmenistan • Cambodia • Tunisia • Chile • Croatia • Angola • Estonia • Portugal • Poland • Falkland Islands • Finland • Guadeloupe • Guyana • Morocco • Anguilla • Malaysia • Kuwait • Antarctica • Czech Republic • Peru Mexico • Italy • Indonesia • United States • China • Brazil • Afghanistan • Germany • Singapore • United Kingdom • South Africa • Netherlands • Norway • France • India • Albania • South Korea • Australia • Saudi Arabia • Turkey • Denmark • Kosovo • Austria • American Samoa • Lebanon • Canada • Sweden • Colombia • Japan • Belgium • Spain • Algeria • Taiwan • Ireland • Uruguay • Hungary • Argentina • Greece • Switzerland • Andorra • Kazakhstan • Pakistan • Philippines • Vietnam • Antigua and Barbuda • Bouvet Island • Armenia • Ecuador • Egypt • Israel • Bangladesh • Slovakia • Barbados • Bolivia • Turkmenistan • Cambodia • Tunisia • Chile • Croatia • Angola • Estonia • Portugal • Poland • Falkland Islands • Finland • Guadeloupe • Guyana • Morocco • Anguilla • Malaysia • Kuwait • Antarctica • Czech Republic • Peru
Global Coverage

Balancing Privacy and Data-Driven Solutions

Data Slots, played worldwide, demonstrates that privacy concerns and benefits are not intrinsic values of specific data sets, but rather they are combinatorial, situational, transactional, and contextual features of data-driven solutions.

Urban Well-being

The metrics of Urban Well-Being (UWB)

Through Data Slots, we allow people to define their own understanding of UWB. Participants can prioritize necessary data and debate how trade-offs between benefits and privacy-concerns can inform the design of urban solution to improve well-being.