Questions from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
Data Policy - Data flows
What are the benefits of securing data adequacy with the rest of the world? What is the added value of data adequacy, especially to small and medium firms, in comparison to using alternative transfer mechanisms such as standard contractual clauses? Do businesses use such contractual clauses even where data bridge (adequacy) agreements are in place, and if so why.
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Data Policy - Data infrastructure
What are the trade-offs between data access, openness and security? How should we consider and measure the pros/cons, risks and opportunities of restrictions on international flows of data, such as the impact of trade restrictions? How do we identify the appropriate balance between a healthy, competitive market with ensuring that rules are in place to ensure the safety and resilience of the data infrastructure and its users?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Data Policy - Data infrastructure
How much capacity do UK centres have, and is it sufficient for domestic uses? How much reliance is there on data centres abroad? How might technological advances such as in the field of AI affect future demand for data centre processing power and can the sector cope with such changes?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Data Policy - Data infrastructure
How secure and resilient is data infrastructure (DI) in the UK? Which systems in the sector should be designated Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and how? What are the risks (social and economic) to the UK of less-than-ideal levels of security and resilience?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Data Policy - Research and Innovation
What is the relationship between research led innovation and commercialisation in the UK? What are the determinants of this relationship? What are the tools required for research to lead to innovation? What are the barriers, if any?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Data Policy - Data protection
What is the relationship of citizens and individuals with their data, and how do they behave online? What drives and encourages them to share data and what doesn’t? How might upcoming changes in data legislation effect citizens’ willingness to share data.
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024