Subscription Management
What is Data Portability?
Definition
The ability to easily export and transfer your data from one subscription service to another in a usable format.
Understanding Data Portability
Data portability is a fundamental consumer right in the subscription economy. Regulations like GDPR in Europe explicitly require services to provide data in a machine-readable format. Good data portability means you can export your content, settings, and history from one service and import it into a competitor.
Examples of good portability: Google Takeout, Notion export, and bank transaction downloads. Poor portability: services that only allow PDF exports of data originally in structured formats. When choosing subscriptions, evaluate export capabilities before committing your data.