An Ohio entrepreneur Tom Reid unveiled a product that will “give people control over their own medical records.”

Dubbed SEED Protocol — where SEED stands for Secure Exchange of Encrypted Data — the solution wants to empower individuals to manage, review, and protect their healthcare files, delivering a “quantum leap over today’s insecure methods.”

SEED allows users to protect their own health records by storing them in a private Cloud Lockbox, secured with personalized locks. Each person controls their own keys, deciding who has access and monitoring their use.

“I certainly want to know who sees my healthcare information – today I have no idea,” said Reid. “Right now thousands of people who are not involved in your care have access to your health records. The SEED Protocol puts each of us in control over this most sensitive of personal information.”

The SEED Protocol is especially useful for those with chronic conditions.The Protocol is especially useful for those with chronic conditions, according to Reid, yet everyone can benefit from having their health records always accessible on a secure server.

The service is still not widely available but it will soon be selling through a crowdfunding campaign that won’t be charging premium for SEED. “Our privacy should not be expensive,” Reid explains, so early supporters will get special pricing with licenses starting as low as $10.