For years, we’ve talked about the idea of being on the “right deal.”. The best energy tariff. The right insurance. The optimal subscription mix. And we’ve built tools to help—search, comparison sites, switching services. But all of them share the same flaw: They are one-off decisions in a constantly changing world.

For more than a decade, the digital economy has organised itself around a familiar hierarchy of personal data. We talk about: Third-party data (3PD), Second-party data (2PD), First-party data (1PD) and Zero-party data (0PD).

But today, it is no longer sufficient. At DataPal, we believe we are not building “better first-party data”. We are helping define the next logical stage in the evolution of personal data itself. A shift to what we call MyPD+.

It’s a familiar phrase—heard on train platforms as a warning to passengers. A small gap, perhaps. But one that, if ignored, can cause real problems. In the digital world, there is another gap. Far larger. Far more consequential.

Whoever controls the server controls the context. And whoever controls the context controls the outcome. For nearly forty years, the dominant architecture of the digital world has been client–server. It powered the web. It enabled ecommerce. It scaled cloud computing. And it quietly shaped the power structure of the internet. Now it’s time for Agent-Agent.

A new technical standard, known as vCon (Virtual Conversation), is being developed within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). vCon defines a structured, privacy-aware format for capturing, storing, exchanging, and analysing conversational data.

Our data shapes thousands of buying decisions every year — yet today, it mostly works against you. With AI, fiduciary agents, and MyTerms, individuals can finally put their data to work on their own terms. This article explores why that shift will redefine marketing, trust, and digital power.

Buying and Selling Homes – a DataPal Use Case! We wanted to explore how a new approach to the provision and flow of information, using the DataPal principles and platform, can addresses the challenges which characterise a very frustrating and opaque process for many stakeholders.

Building Trust Through Action: How AI Shopping Agents Bring DataPal's Vision to Life. From theory to transaction: our journey building a customer-side AI agent that puts individuals in control of their shopping experience.