Granting access rights to a sub-set of the data set in a user account

A data system for handling user data for a hearing aid user and at least one hearing said, said at least one hearing aid having a memory for storing personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user, and comprising:

• a remote server accessible over the Internet;
• an Internet enabled computer device for accessing the remote server;
• a personal communication device being Internet enabled and being adapted for running application software;
• wherein the personal communication device and the at least one hearing aid are provided with respective transceivers for establishing a wireless connection under guidance of said application software, whereby the personal communication device becomes a gateway for the hearing aid to the Internet;
• wherein a client program on the Internet enabled computer device is adapted to allow the user:
• to create a user account on the remote server accessible over the Internet, and including the personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user,
• to enter personal information into the user account and store the entered personal information on the remote server, and
• to enter gateway information to the user account;
• wherein the client program on the Internet enabled computer device is adapted to allow the user to grant rights to a third party to modify data in a sub-set of the user account stored on the server, whereby the third party becomes permitted to adjust for said at least one hearing aid the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss for the hearing aid user;
• and
• wherein the remote server is configured for the creation of different user accounts for each of multiple different users, each user account including personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss for a different user, and each of said users is able via a respective gateway to grant rights to a third party to modify a subset of the data stored in that user's user account on the server, whereby the third party becomes permitted, via remote connection, to adjust the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss for that hearing aid user.