“Consent Chain: Towards MyTerms” explores how we can finally escape cookie banners and move to user‑set, cryptographically provable privacy terms. Drawing on his work at Kasm, Jaymes Davis will unpack the ConsentChain model shown in this session’s poster: users define a universal privacy profile once; a browser plugin then auto‑negotiates consent with websites and records a tamper‑proof hash of the agreement on a public blockchain, giving enterprises auditable compliance while eliminating banner fatigue for individuals.
Davis will walk through the technical building blocks—browser‑side preference enforcement, smart policy matching, and blockchain‑backed audit trails—and show how these align with Doc Searls’ emerging MyTerms standard so that people become “owners, not renters” of their data relationships on the web. The session will highlight what this new trust layer means for users, regulators, and platforms, and invite discussion on how open, interoperable implementations of ConsentChain‑style infrastructure could become the default way privacy is expressed and enforced online.
The presentation will take place in Ballroom F on Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 15:00 to 15:30
