[MyData & Open Data] New study makes a business case for open data

[Song, Stephen]

On 19 June 2014 07:05, stef <s at ctrlc.hu> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:25:34AM +0100, Sally Deffor wrote:
> > A new study  report
> > <
> http://www.omidyar.com/sites/default/files/file_archive/insights/ON%20Report_061114_FNL.pdf
> >by
> > the Omidyar Network *Open for Business, *makes an economic case for open
> > data. It is cited as "the first study to quantify and illustrate the
> > potential of Open Data to help achieve the G20's economic growth target".
>
> the scope is interesting and quite broad:
>
> > Open data embraces a number of data sources and types:
> >
> > * Government data, or public sector information (PSI) is central. It
> includes
> > all data collected or funded by government agencies at all levels (e.g.
> > national statistics, operational data from service delivery).
> >
> > * Research or science data, especially from publicly funded research. A
> > high-profile example of open science data is the Human Genome Project,
> but
> > much day-to-day research data remains hidden from view.
> >
> > * Private sector data (e.g. seismic data from mineral exploration) that,
> with
> > appropriate incentives and privacy protections, may be released.
>
> and i believe this is the crux:
>
> > The estimates in the report presume strong and effective privacy
> safeguards.
>
> nothing more, only presumptions. the costs of this, and the costs of
> incidents
> is not calculated into the whole picture and makes this a biased opinion
> feeding the interests of the kraaken industry of silicon valley.
>

Some more grist for the mill

On Taxis and Rainbows:  Lessons from NYC's improperly anonymized taxi logs
https://medium.com/@vijayp/f6bc289679a1

I think the story above highlights the danger in reports like this one.
 When you say "estimates in the report presume strong and effective privacy
safeguards", you are *presuming* a great deal.  In the mean time there is
no undoing a privacy breach.

Slightly tangentially, it is discussions like these that make me want to
provoke more of a discussion about the word "open".
https://manypossibilities.net/2014/06/the-morality-of-openness/

-Steve
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