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Styles of data accessto foster competition and
innovation Jack Hardinges
Programme Lead, Open Data Institute
2020-12-08
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Sir Tim Berners-LeePresident
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Our missionWe work with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem
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Why isaccess to data important?
● to improve transparency and accountability.
● to support research.● to stimulate innovation.● to promote competition.● to support policy-making,
planning and decision-making.● to undertake law enforcement
and preserve national security.● …
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Some styles of data access
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Public or open data
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Public tools, dashboards and dataviz
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Data ‘portals’ for certain users
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‘Research gateways’
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Challenges, prizes and sandboxes
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Reference APIs/developer platforms
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Data portability for users
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Collaborative projects and missions
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What does this mean for policy measures?
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Incentives to increase access to data● Generate direct commercial value
e.g. Amazon Product API● Create new products/services
e.g. Strava permissions● Mutual value creation
e.g. data challenges and prizes● Respond to consumer demand
e.g. APIs between mobile apps● Philanthropy/‘for good’
e.g. Google mobility maps● Self-regulation
e.g. FB Ad Library● Compliance
e.g. UK open banking● ...
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Policy measures to increase access to data
1. Contextual, based on type of data, actors involved and appropriate access ‘style’
Measures to increase data portability will be different to those needed to increase publication of open data
2. Options for different intensitiese.g. European data sharing support centre (low) vs UK Open Banking mandate (high)
3. Relevant at sector, national and international levelsa. e.g. Health Data Research UK, UK National Data Strategy,
EU Data Strategy
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