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With Shelf, we believe your data belongs to you. We built our service to protect your rights and give you more control over your digital life.

Here is our stance:

• You own your information. Your data is created by your life experiences, interests and interactions. You deserve primary ownership and authority over how it's accessed and used.

• You control who sees what. You should have the freedom to decide which parts of your data are shared publicly, kept private, or accessed only by specific people and services you trust. We aim to give you that control.

• You benefit from the use of your data. The insights and value gained from your information should be shared with you - not only used for the profit and power of big companies. We believe data should be leveraged to serve you, as an individual.

• You have the right to opt-out. No one should lose access to platforms or communities because they choose not to consent to unethical data practices. Your data never leaves Shelf; instead, you can grant or revoke access to any slice of your data as needed — including to Shelf.

• Knowledge is power. You deserve transparency around how your data is gathered and used so you can understand the implications and make informed choices. We openly share details about our data practices in simple terms.

• Security and privacy are priorities. We work hard to safeguard your data and keep it private, because your trust and safety are immensely important to us. You can read more about the measures we take here.

• We support broader data rights. Koodos Labs, the creators of Shelf, advocate for laws, policies and ethical standards that put you - the individual - in control of your digital data and life. Your rights matter more than any company's profits or ambitions.

• We believe in you. Behind the data are real people with agency, autonomy, creativity, experiences, and purpose. We build technology meant to empower you - not exploit or manipulate you. Your data, privacy and freedoms drive the purpose of koodos labs, the creators of Shelf.

• We are always learning and improving. As an early-stage company, we know we won’t be perfect. We aim to be transparent in how we are managing complexity and limited resources as we establish our business. Your patience, feedback and trust in our intentions help us grow as empowered technology providers and responsible partners supporting your data stewardship. Change takes time - so we appreciate you coming along with us on this journey.

We hope this manifesto gives you confidence in how seriously we take your rights and interests as a Shelf user. If you’re interested in some of the technology around personal data storage and privacy-preservation that we're building at koodos labs, check out personaldata.store and datamover.org.

But more than that, we hope it contributes to the broader movement putting people, not algorithms, at the center of decisions about data use and technology. Your data, your life, your choice. That is our stance.