... facilitates the electronic, trust-based exchange of personal data under the control of the person to whom the data relates.
... consists of a (virtual) network (the Qiy Trust Network), a governance model, rules and binding commitments, and a set of technical standards to which data controllers, processors, users and service providers subscribe.
... access to the infrastructure is controlled by a framework authority that is required to grant access on a fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis.
... all parties connected to the infrastructure have the technical possibility to access each other’s data.
... in the case of personal data, the persons to whom the data relate determine which of the connected parties can access which data van be used by which party, for which purpose(s) and for how long.
... in the case of special categories of personal data (i.e, data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union membership, sexual orientation and so on), the granting of access may be subject to certain legal requirements which are beyond the control of the framework authority.