Private.Me

Private.Me was established in August 2014 by Standard Clouds, Inc., a California-incorporated company. The available account identifies Los Angeles as the company's headquarters and characterizes Private.Me as a data-privacy and digital-security business providing web and software applications. The service was designed around the problem of centralized control over personal information. Its proposed architecture, the Dispersed Storage System (DSS), encrypts information submitted by users and distributes the encrypted material across nonprofit organizations in different geographic regions. These organizations are described collectively as the Data Neutrality Administration, whose role is to steward data rather than provide an ordinary advertising or centralized-storage business model. DSS was intended to make personal information unavailable to unauthorized parties, including the service provider itself. Data retrieval through the platform's API requires explicit user permission. In this respect, Private.Me's approach combines encryption, distributed custody, and an access-control layer intended to preserve individual authority over personal data. The reference description presents the system as patent pending and says that the API would be offered as a privacy tool. It does not establish whether the patent was later granted, whether the API reached broad commercial availability, or how the service developed after its founding. No reliable information in the supplied sources identifies subsequent executives, investors, acquisitions, major campaigns, financial performance, product generations, or a confirmed closure or continuation of operations. The later history and current status of Private.Me therefore require further verification.

• 2014

  Private.Me founded

  [1]Private.Meen.wikipedia.org

  Standard Clouds, Inc. founded Private.Me in August 2014 as a California-incorporated privacy and digital-security company headquartered in Los Angeles.

A user-controlled privacy platform built around encrypted, geographically dispersed data storage and permission-based access.

• Data privacy infrastructure

  Dispersed Storage System (DSS)

  Private.Me's core proposed architecture for protecting personal information. DSS encrypts user data and distributes it among nonprofit organizations in different geographic regions associated with the Data Neutrality Administration. The design aims to prevent any unauthorized party, including Private.Me, from accessing the information in an intelligible form. Its API uses explicit permission as a condition for recalling a user's data.

• Privacy software

  Private.Me web service and API

  A confidential web and software service intended to help individuals control access to personal data used in searches and related applications. The service is described as being accessible through an API, with retrieval governed by user authorization. The supplied sources do not confirm the API's commercial launch, current availability, or technical implementation beyond the stated privacy model.

1. 1Private.Meen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Private.Me official websiteprivate.me