Users can get a Pod from a handful of providers, hosted by web services such as Amazon (AMZN), or run their own server, if they have they the technical know-how.“In this new world of you looking after your own data, it doesn’t live in big silos that are lucrative targets for attackers.”Inrupt’s platform is being tested by the UK’s National Health Service and by the government of the Belgian region of Flanders.In October, the BBC introduced an experimental service using Pods for “watch parties,” where multiple friends stream a program at the same time.In a blog post, Eleni Sharp, an executive product manager for BBC Research and Development, described it as “a radically different approach to data management.”Owning your dataLaunched in 2017, Inrupt reportedly raised $30 million in December 2021 and Berners-Lee says it will help deliver the next iteration of the web — “Web 3.”Paul Brody, a blockchain expert for analysts Ernst and Young, believes Web 3 could change the way we use the internet.It will be ultimately really transformational for users.”Berners-Lee hopes his platform will give control back to internet users."