Hi, I am Berit Skjernaa and I started developing my programming skills at the age of 12. Since I finished my PhD in cryptography in 2003 I have been working as a software developer and researcher for 10 years before joining the Security Lab at the Alexandra Institute in 2013. In the recent years I have had a high focus on how to move the internet in a more secure and privacy-aware direction. I first met with people from MyData at an EU roundtable in Brussels in late 2015 and since then has had lots of inspiring discussions with the large network of people it has evolved into since then – all working to move in the direction of a human centric data economy providing individuals with the power to use their data for the benefit of themselves and society.