How to address privacy concerns when opening up data?
Publication Date/Time
2016-06-29T09:00:00+00:00
While the benefits of Open Data are widespread, an often heard concern
remains the possible breach of privacy and is potential impact, in
particular when the data published may contain enough information to
re-identify individuals.
The bigger economies of the world are increasingly driven by the
analysis of great amounts of data. However, data is not instantly
valuable, the value resides in its (re-)use. Read more about the
benefits of Open Data [/en/using-data/benefits-of-open-data].
Governments acknowledge this and have joined the data revolution by
progressively publishing their data catalogues as Open Data, making
the data accessible and reusable by everyone.

However, much of the most valuable data is personal data, whose
publication out in the open may threaten privacy. To find out how to
harness the potential of Open Data while making sure privacy aspects
are duly addressed, we took a closer look.
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In this report, the concepts of privacy, personal data, data
protection, data anonymization, pseudonymisation and reidentification
are addressed in detail.

Building on a series of interviews and further assessment of the new
General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR), we explore and advise
on how governments can publish their data while ensuring the privacy
of their citizens.

The report identifies a number of steps throughout the Open Data
Lifecycle which will help one reap the Open Data benefits while
publishing privacy proof data.

With strong knowledge and solid weaving in of privacy preserving
procedures throughout the Open Data Lifecyle, the issue of privacy
will not become the barrier many fear.

Discover everything you need to know and become a privacy Open Data
expert by reading the report below.
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