Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt start-up secures £5m investment to help protect users' data online

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The idea behind Berners-Lee's Inrupt is to flip the rules of who controls data on the web

Inrupt, a start-up established by web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has received £5 million investment from Octopus Ventures to help protect people's data and privacy online. Inrupt, jointly foun...

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