Selekive

Selekive is a software platform that enables users to selectively share, hide, or transform data across connected online services. The platform emphasizes data minimization and policy-based control, allowing individuals and organizations to define who can see which attributes under different contexts. Selekive supports multi-service integration and strives to provide a unified interface for consent management and data governance.

Developed by a small tech collective that originated in the mid-2020s, Selekive began as an open-source project aimed at simplifying privacy controls for personal data and enterprise records. The project released its first public version with a declarative policy language and basic connectors to popular cloud services. It has since evolved through community contributions and corporate partnerships.

At its core, Selekive uses a policy-driven engine that interprets user-defined rules to filter, redact, or transform data in transit and at rest. The platform exposes an API and a user-facing policy editor, supports role-based access, and can operate in client-side, server-side, or hybrid deployments. It also includes auditing, versioning, and data lineage features to support compliance.

Users apply Selekive for privacy-preserving analytics, regulatory compliance (such as data subject access requests and data minimization requirements), and controlled data sharing in supply chains or partner ecosystems. It is used by startups, NGOs, and some small-to-midsize enterprises to reduce exposure of sensitive information during data exchanges.

Analysts describe Selekive as addressing a growing need for selective data sharing, but note that real-world adoption depends on ecosystem support, standards alignment, and the ease of policy authoring. Critics point to potential performance overhead and the complexity of integrating with legacy systems.

Selekive contributes to broader discussions of privacy engineering, data governance, and consent management in the digital economy.