[MyData & Open Data] Open Data Research Network meeting on Privacy - write up

Tue Aug 13 00:55:48 UTC 2013

Hi All, 

I am a bit of a lurker here, but, I would like to point to a document being worked on in the W3C privacy group. 

http://www.tschofenig.priv.at/w3c-privacy-guidelines.html

It looks at privacy considerations and there is a use case about ambient light 

- Mark
On 12 Aug 2013, at 15:33, "Song, Stephen" <stephen.song at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tim,
> 
> Thanks for including me in that discussion.  It was great to hear the diversity of perspectives.  So far in the privacy and open data dialogue, I have found that the discussions get this far i.e. acknowledging the potentially competing priorities but without going much further.  In the interest of spurring further debate, I would like to suggest some next steps.  These ideas are embryonic.  I will be in no way offended if someone suggests a better approach.
> 
> 1/  I think the Open Data principles need to explicitly acknowledge privacy as a key issue.  The Open Economic Principles (http://openeconomics.net/principles/) are a great step in this direction but I see no reason why Economics should be unique in this regard.
> 
> 2/  "Open by default" is an essential principle of Open Data.  Steps need to be taken to reconcile 'open by default' with protection of privacy.
> 
> 3/  I think any dataset needs a privacy statement, even if it is as simple as something that states "There are no known privacy issues related to this dataset".   Any dataset without a privacy statement shouldn't be published.  Existence of a privacy statement reveals that someone has at least thought about privacy related to the dataset, however briefly.
> 
> 4/  Privacy statements should be attributed in order to facilitate an ongoing dialogue.
> 
> 5/  We need to develop methodologies and processes for having a structured conversation about privacy related to any particular dataset.  Perhaps a list of basic questions to start with.
> 
> 6/  We need to acknowledge that there may be degrees of openness / privacy which provide limited access in some cases.  The binary notion of open or closed isn't going to get us far enough.
> 
> 7/  The existence of datasets should be mandated to be open under any circumstances, and openly accessible subject to the publication of a privacy statement.
> 
> Cheers... Steve
> 
> 
> On 6 August 2013 05:30, Tim Davies <tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk> wrote:
> Hey Laura,
> 
> Thanks for spotting this and sharing with the list. 
> 
> We didn't conclude on any specific next steps from the web meeting last week other than to write up some notes from it - but hopefully the different research projects who took part will each be looking at privacy in their own work.
> 
> However, if you've any ideas for further follow up we could do that would be great. One possibility could be to get some of those who were involved to collaborative on a short primer for policy makers about the issues... as I was looking for something like this ahead of the meeting and couldn't find anything terribly clear.
> 
> I wonder if that's something this list might be interested in joining in work on too? 
> 
> All the best
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:
> Folks, 
> 
> There's a write up of a recent IDRC trans-network meeting about open data and privacy:
> 
> http://www.opendataresearch.org/content/2013/501/open-data-privacy-discussion-notes
> 
> The Privacy in the Developing World network, and the Open Data in Developing Countries network set out to explore whether open data and protecting privacy are inherently in tension, or whether the two can be complementary, and to identify particular issues that might come up around privacy and open data in the developing world. This post shares and develops some of the themes discussed in the meeting.
> 
> It's a good introduction to some of the issues and concerns on both sides. 
> 
> Were there any next steps from the web meeting?
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Laura
> 
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