Every day you generate data worth billions — your location, searches, purchases, even your face on CCTV. But who actually owns it, who profits from it, and what rights do you really have?

In this episode, Emmanuel Ogungbemi unpacks why data ownership is the defining economic and political question of the AI age — and why the answer is far less clear than most assume.

In this episode:

• Why data ownership isn't like owning a car or a house

• The supermarket example: who really owns your shopping data?

• The three great data debates — individuals, business, and shared resource

• Should AI companies pay creators whose work trained their models?

• Three actions every leader must take on data governance today

0:00 Introduction

1:30 If Data Is the New Oil, Why Don't People Know What They Own?

5:30 What Do We Mean By Data Ownership?

14:00 The Great Data Debate: Three Perspectives

25:00 What Leaders Must Do Today

32:00 Can We Build a Data Economy That Is Both Innovative and Fair?

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