Data Transfer Project

The Data Transfer Project (DTP) is an open-source initiative which features data portability between multiple online platforms.[2][3] The project was launched and introduced by Google on July 20, 2018, and has currently partnered with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter,[4][5] and Apple.[6]

Data Transfer Project
Commercial?No
Type of projectData portability
FounderGoogle
EstablishedJuly 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
StatusActive
Websitedatatransferproject.dev
DTP software
Developer(s)DTP community members
Stable release
1.0.1[1] / 30 May 2023 (30 May 2023)
Repositorygithub.com/google/data-transfer-project
Written inJava
LicenseApache 2.0

Background

The project was formed by the Google Data Liberation Front in 2017, hoping to provide a platform that could allow individuals to move their online data between different platforms, without the need of downloading and re-uploading data.[7][4] The ecosystem is achieved by extracting different files through various available APIs released by online platforms and translating such codes so that it could be compatible with other platforms.[8][9] Similarly, the Data Transfer Project is currently being used as a part of Google Takeout and a similar program in Facebook (called "Access your information"), allowing the two personal data downloading services to be compatible with each other. This allows data to be easily transferred from the two platforms.[10]

On July 20, 2018, the joint project was announced. The source code, which has been uploaded to GitHub, was mainly written by Google and Microsoft's engineers.[11]

On July 30, 2019, Apple announced that it will be joining the project, allowing data portability in iCloud.[6]

Implementations

On December 2, 2019, Facebook announced the ability for users to transfer photos and videos to Google Photos, originally available only in a select few countries. This expanded over the following months, and on June 4, 2020, Facebook announced full global availability of this feature.[12]

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References
  1. "Release 1.0.1". May 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  2. "Facebook, Google and more unite to let you transfer data between apps". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. "The Data Transfer Project's big-name support won't matter without the biggest one: Apple". PCWorld. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  4. "Introducing Data Transfer Project: an open source platform promoting universal data portability". Google Open Source Blog. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. "Data Transfer Project | 9to5Google". 9to5google.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  6. Brandom, Russell (July 30, 2019). "Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project". The Verge. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  7. "Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data project". The Verge. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  8. Rutherford, Sam. "Four of the Biggest Tech Giants Teamed Up to Make Moving Your Data Around Less Painful". Gizmodo. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  9. "Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Twitter Introduce the Data Transfer Project: An Open Source Initiative for Consumer Data Portability - EU Policy Blog". EU Policy Blog. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  10. Brandom, Russell. "Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  11. "Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter launch the Data Transfer Project". VentureBeat. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  12. "Driving Innovation in Data Portability With a New Photo Transfer Tool". About Facebook. December 2, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2020.


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