WSI White Paper: Building Trust through Data Foundations
A new White Paper has been published that sets out how to embody a Data Governance Model which builds trust, particularly when used with large group data sharing, within and between different organisations through the legal structure of a Data Foundation in the Channel Islands.
The paper is authored by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Professor in Information Technology Law and Data Governance at the University of Southampton, Alexsis Wintour, Founder of Lapin, and Laura Carmichael, a Research Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Internet and Culture (iCLIC) at the University of Southampton.
Abstract
We face a colossal challenge: how to manage the unprecedented amount of data now generated, responsibly and sustainably, in ways that protect fundamental human rights, while taking advantage of innovative data-driven processes to generate tangible socio-cultural and economic benefits for citizens, the public sector and businesses alike.
Effective and appropriate data usage, sharing, and re-usage requires well-defined data governance roles and processes. By data governance we mean an approach that aims to build prompt and on-going risk assessment and risk mitigation into the whole data lifecycle. Given that personal data and non-personal data are not binary concepts, and data-related risks extend much further than privacy alone (e.g. intellectual property rights clearance and management, anti-competitive practices, contractual compliance and confidential data management), risk assessment and mitigation should also cover the entire data spectrum.