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Personal Data Export Practices
Knowing how to export your own data from AI services is part of digital citizenship.
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- 1The premise
- 2data export
- 3digital rights
- 4portability
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Section 1
The premise
Data portability is a right; using it builds healthier ecosystems.
What AI does well here
- Periodically export your data from AI services
- Verify what's included in exports
- Plan for migration if you switch services
- Engage providers who make export hard
What AI cannot do
- Get every service to support clean export
- Eliminate vendor lock-in entirely
- Predict every future service change
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