We want the web back.
Internet users should be the focal point when it comes to deciding what data to share with whom, under what terms and how often.
Content creators and publishers should be able to earn fair compensation based upon sustainable economic models – not tied to oligopolistic platforms
Introducing Cosmian,
The Personal Data Network, on Users’ Terms.
Cosmian revolutionizes how relationships are established and nurtured between users, content creators and brands, by re-empowering internet users with control and access of their personal data, under users’ own terms.
Cosmian’s disruptive mission is to collectively inspire a new internet model that both guarantees users’ direct control & full rights over their personal data, and favors sustainable economic models for creators & publishers
Cosmian builds a universal protocol, open to all, on the basis of fair rules & compensation for everyone.
To prevent the emergence of a new oligopoly, Cosmian commits to creating distributed governance – the ultimate guarantee for the long-term viability of its mission.
It is no secret to anyone anymore. Users are stripped of their privacy rights, their data being exploited without their explicit consent.
Publishers also give in to this data exploitation, leaving the door wide open to awkward user experiences fuelled by intrusive advertising.
Content creators are trapped in a malicious circle where they have to give away free content access with no sustainable economic return.
While the usual suspects – oligopolistic, internet platforms – have their (big) cake and eat it, too.
It is no secret to anyone, anymore. Users are stripped of their privacy rights, their data being exploited without their explicit consent.
Publishers also give in to this data exploitation, leaving the door wide open to awkward user experiences fuelled by intrusive advertising.
Content creators are trapped in a malicious circle where they have to give away free content access with no sustainable economic return.
While the usual suspects – oligopolistic, internet platforms – have their (big) cake and eat it, too.
But Change is coming. Awareness is rising. Worldwide.
Citizens are becoming savvier about why it is crucial to regain control over who can access their data and how and why. Some governments have decided to take action, supporting and enforcing regulations to protect people’s privacy. But the new rules cannot be left to lobbyist-exposed governments alone.
But Change is coming. Awareness is rising. Worldwide.
Citizens are becoming savvier about why it is crucial to regain control over who can access their data and how and why. Some governments have decided to take action, supporting and enforcing regulations to protect people’s privacy. But the new rules cannot be left to lobbyist-exposed governments alone.
We believe in the end of a behind-the-user’s-back cookie-based data economy.
We believe users must get back direct control & full rights over their personal data. We believe content creation must be supported by sustainable economic models allowing for direct and fair compensation to creators & publishers – not a one-sided model controlled by internet oligopoly. We believe that users and brands/services can build useful relationships based on transparency.
Last but not least, we believe this is not only about business. It’s about collectively defining a new internet model based on the users’ terms.
We believe in the end of a behind-the-user’s-back cookie-based data economy.
We believe users must get back direct control & full rights over their personal data.
We believe content creation must be supported by sustainable economic models allowing for direct and fair compensation to creators & publishers – not a one-sided model controlled by internet oligopoly. We believe that users and brands/services can build useful relationships based on transparency.
Last but not least, we believe this is not only about business. It’s about collectively defining a new internet model based on the users’ terms.
Our motto. Transparency of the rules. For everyone. Including us.
We aim to reinstate power to the user. We aim to build explicit permission-based relationships between users and content creators & publishers and between users and brands/services. We aim to create a distributed governance based on decentralized technologies – not a new oligopoly.
We aim to build a universal protocol, open to all, on the basis of fair rules & compensation for everyone.
Our motto. Transparency of the rules. For everyone. Including us.
We aim to reinstate power to the user.
We aim to build explicit permission-based relationships between users and content creators & publishers and between users and brands/services. We aim to create a distributed governance based on decentralized technologies – not a new oligopoly.
We aim to build a universal protocol, open to all, on the basis of fair rules & compensation for everyone.
We aim for Cosmian to become the reference
for personal data control & access.
No more oligopoly.
We are building a universal protocol based on distributed technologies (peer-to-peer, blockchain) – at the service of fair compensation for everyone.
Decentralized by Design.
At its core, the Cosmian network leverages blockchain and peer-to-peer technology stacks in order to deliver on the promise of a fully-decentralized application network.
This is not only about business, it’s about collectively defining a new internet model.
Based on the users’ terms. For internet freedoms to thrive.
To ensure comprehensive decentralization, governance of the Cosmian network is to be held by the Cosmian Foundation whose directors will be elected by all stakeholders of the Cosmian network. Through the Foundation all Cosmian stakeholders will be able to influence the decisions and the evolution of the Cosmian network.
How it Works
Based on decentralized technologies and direct peer to peer communications, Cosmian will allow users to access pay-walled content or to receive hyper-targeted offers in return for anonymized personal data or token-based micro-payment.
Direct interactions between users, publishers and marketers, avoiding large oligopolistic intermediaries , is what makes Cosmian so economically efficient and relevant in terms of content control.
With Cosmian, users are always in control of the terms under which a third-party accesses their personal data (if at all).
By joining Cosmian, content creators and publishers will develop direct interactions with users helping sustain their economic models.
Brands will have the opportunity to build genuine, explicit permission-based interactions with users based on transparency.
Cosmian benefits
For users
Always in control of my personal data (what, when, why, how)
Seamless access to content not freely accessible
Receive more relevant commercial offers
Get the browser extension. Register anonymously. Done Back.
For users
Always in control of my personal data (what, when, why, how)
Seamless access to content not freely accessible
Receive more relevant commercial offers
Get the browser extension. Register anonymously. Done Back.
For publishers & content creators
Gain deep knowledge with user data direct matching (search terms, purchase intent,..) bypassing large internet players and always with user’s explicit consent
Enable seamless micro-payment for content access
Regain marketing dollars from adblocked audiences
Deploy with minimal-or-no change to your website content
For publishers & content creators
Gain deep knowledge with user data direct matching (search terms, purchase intent,..) bypassing large internet players and always with user’s explicit consent
Enable seamless micro-payment for content access
Regain marketing dollars from adblocked audiences
Deploy with minimal-or-no change to your website content
For brands & services
Gain deep knowledge with user data direct matching (search terms, purchase intent,..) bypassing large internet players and always with user’s explicit consent
Establish & nurture permission-based relationships
Propose hyper-targeted offers & content aligned with user affinity
Deploy real-time user-intent marketing campaigns
For brands & services
Gain deep knowledge with user data direct matching (search terms, purchase intent,..) bypassing large internet players and always with user’s explicit consent
Establish & nurture permission-based relationships
Propose hyper-targeted offers & content aligned with user affinity
Deploy real-time user-intent marketing campaigns
Timeline
We are a team of tech entrepreneurs,
willing to turn the tables.
Sandrine Murcia
Innovation guru, on a mission to fuel the most avant-garde technologies into user-friendly products and services
“We have entered a defining moment where technology choices can no longer be made ignoring their impact on users’ privacy. The uniqueness of Cosmian is to propose an advanced-technology service inseparable from its governance model in charge of respecting the balance of power in favor of users – all of us are concerned.”
Raphaël Auphan
Restless pioneer, creating and launching consumers’ connected objects or mobile services across continents
“The internet is about to go through two powerful shifts: one driven by users wanting to regain a central role in the data & content they create and own ; and one centered on the emergence of decentralized application networks made possible by blockchain technologies. Being at the cross-section of these two shifts, Cosmian is in a great position to bring radical change”
Bruno Grieder
Peer to peer and blockchain expert, from decentralized autonomous organizations to real-time oil industry procurement services
“Distributed computing is the Holy Grail in computing and the advent of recent technologies – blockchain, Multi-Party Computations, zkSNARKS,… – makes it possible to advance the dream further. It is now technically possible to get rid of large, costly, centralized hubs and thus remove oligopolistic intermediaries that solely impose their rules, too often at the detriment of their own users interests and privacy.”
Let us know what you think
We look forward to hearing from you: team@cosmian.com
Follow us at Twitter: @CosmianOfficial
Let us know what you think
We look forward to hearing from you: team@cosmian.com
Follow us at Twitter: @CosmianOfficial
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