What impact did data regulations (linking to data prospects consultation and Impact Assessments) have on data sharing? What should we expect from the Government’s proposed changes?
Background
In order to achieve these missions, DP must build upon the research and evidence that informs its knowledge base and underpins its policies. Below articulates the directorate’s critical policy issues and questions identified in response to the NDS missions. Key focus areas include defining and monitoring the data ecosystem and economy, generating evidence for intervention and understanding the impacts of policies.
DSIT is committed to improving data sharing. The NDS Mission 1 Policy Framework outlines the principles for intervention and priority areas for action for unlocking data value. Addressing the barriers to optimal data use and reuse is an important area of interest.
The government has held a consultation on reforms to the UK’s data protection regime. The approach for data protection change is set out in the documentation for a new data direction. DP is working to ensure that UK GDPR, the ICO and other parts of the data protection regime are fit for purpose. Evidence relating to privacy and trust in data and data use and the impacts of data regulation would help to address some of the directorate’s key questions.
DP wants to broaden its understanding of data infrastructure and strengthen its evidence base on data centres, cyber security and resilience. The environmental impacts of data use is a key area of research interest.
It is important to advance our knowledge of international data flows and how they shape and influence the global data system. Addressing the evidence gap on the value of data flows as well as the volume of data is of key interest.
Next steps
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Source
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Related UKRI funded projects
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UK-RoI Cross-Border Data Protection Network (Cross-DPN)
The UK-RoI Cross-Border Data Protection Network (Cross-DPN) will create a forum for discussing the challenges of data protection in the post-Brexit era through an interdisciplinary perspective, involving a number of stak...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically addresses the impact of data regulations on data sharing post-Brexit and proposes solutions.
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Data Release - Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security
The Open Data Initiative (ODI) demonstrates that there is a growing ambition from government to publish internal data as open data sets. (See https://data.gov.uk). Data custodians, particularly large governmental organis...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on data release, which is related to data protection and privacy concerns, but does not directly address the impact of data regulations on data sharing.
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Project 101070069 - DataBri-X
The emergent European Data Economy relies on the availability of data as a basis for further innovation and exponential development of technologies, especially the development of trustworthy ‘made in Europe’ AI that refl...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on data sharing, data interoperability, and data governance, which are key aspects related to the impact of data regulations on data sharing.