Data Sharing | Tailored Public Services | Workshop
Date and time
Location
Royal Statistical Society
12 Errol Street London EC1Y 8LX United KingdomDescription
What: Full day workshop to discuss data sharing and alternative proposals for supporting tailored public services
When: 10:00-16:00, 28 July 2014
Where: 12 Errol St, London EC1Y 8LX
The sharing of personal data held by government with other government departments has been proposed by the Cabinet Office and departments as a way tailoring public services: http://datasharing.org.uk/current-proposals/.
This open policy process is intended to involve a broad range of experts from civil society, academia and beyond in exploring the benefits, risks, limitations, governance and alternatives for sharing personal data within government. It will result in a policy paper outlining areas of agreement and disagreement between and within the civil society, expert and government groups involved.
Among other issues, this workshop will explore:
- Is data sharing an effective solution to better tailoring public services?
- What should be the parameters and limitations to data sharing for this purpose?
- What alternatives are there to data sharing for addressing these issues?
- What safeguards need to be in place to ensure public trust?
- What scrutiny process should a data sharing proposal be required to go through?
- How can the scrutiny of data sharing be improved (e.g. to be more transparent and accountable)?
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