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Personal (also referred to as Personal.com or Personal, Inc.) is a cloud-based Personal Data Service and identity management system for individuals to aggregate, manage and reuse their own data. Personal consumer products include: the Fill It App for automated completion of web and mobile forms, logins and checkouts; the Data Vault with Cloud Sync for secure management and sharing of data and documents between an individual and other individuals, companies, sites, apps and devices; and Data Imports to import information from third parties, including social media services, companies and the U.S. Department of Education. The Personal platform supports user-centric data management and portability for over 1,200 different types (or fields) of structured, machine-readable, human-readable data. The platform also provides tools and APIs for developers and companies to integrate Fill It and the Data Vault into their websites and applications, primarily to give data back to their customers so they can autofill web and mobile forms. Personal offers a free trial and a subscription service for individuals and has a SaaS-like model for companies to use the service. ==History== Personal was founded in 2009 in Washington, DC by the management team that built The Map Network, which was acquired by Nokia/NAVTEQ in 2006. Founded in 1999, The Map Network (previously called URHere.com) built the first platform for places and events to create and distribute digital online and mobile maps, data and content. The Map Network served as the official mapping solution for over 100 cities and thousands of events and venues, from the NFL Super Bowl to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to the Smithsonian Institution. It also produced the most-used interactive map of 9/11 relief and rescue efforts.〔 Called a “life management platform” by The Economist and a “personal encrypted cloud service” by TIME for its user-centric approach to data,〔 the company has been associated with both the Infomediary model originated in 1999 by John Hagel III and Mark Singer, as well as the vendor relationship management (VRM) model developed by Doc Searls. Personal closed $7.6m in funding in December 2010, including Steve Case’s Revolution Ventures, Grotech Ventures, Allen & Company, Ted Leonsis, Neil Ashe and Jonathan Miller. Personal was early to embrace “small data,” which it defines as “big data for the benefit of individuals.” The term “small data” may have been originally coined by Jeremie Miller of Sing.ly, who mentioned it in a talk at the Web 2.0 Summit in November 2011 and is cited in ''The Intention Economy''. In 2011, Personal was a part of the first group of companies to join the Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium's ''Startup Circle.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Members of the PDEC Startup Circle )〕 A Small Data Meetup group has also formed in New York City, bringing together technology, legal and business experts to exchange ideas about user-centric and user-driven models for internet products and services.〔http://www.meetup.com/smalldata/〕 Since 2010, it has raised $12.5 million from the same and new investors, including $4.5m from Bill Miller of Legg Mason and Esther Dyson of EDventures in October 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Personal, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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