How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being
Data sharing efforts to allow underserved groups and organizations to overcome the concentration of power in our data landscape. A few special organizations, due to their data monopolies and resources, are able to decide which problems to solve and how to solve them. But even though data sharing cre...
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Data & Policy
2022
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| author | Wu, Dan Verhulst, Stefaan G. Pentland, Alex Avila, Thiago Finch, Kelsey Gupta, Abhishek |
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| description | Data sharing efforts to allow underserved groups and organizations to overcome the concentration of power in our data landscape. A few special organizations, due to their data monopolies and resources, are able to decide which problems to solve and how to solve them. But even though data sharing creates a counterbalancing democratizing force, it must nevertheless be approached cautiously. Underserved organizations and groups must navigate difficult barriers related to technological complexity and legal risk. To examine what those common barriers are, one type of data sharing effort—data trusts—are examined, specifically the reports commenting on that effort. To address these practical issues, data governance technologies have a large role to play in democratizing data trusts safely and in a trustworthy manner. Yet technology is far from a silver bullet. It is dangerous to rely upon it. But technology that is no-code, flexible, and secure can help more responsibly operate data trusts. This type of technology helps innovators put relationships at the center of their efforts. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1388762022-01-12T03:29:06Z How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being Wu, Dan Verhulst, Stefaan G. Pentland, Alex Avila, Thiago Finch, Kelsey Gupta, Abhishek Data sharing efforts to allow underserved groups and organizations to overcome the concentration of power in our data landscape. A few special organizations, due to their data monopolies and resources, are able to decide which problems to solve and how to solve them. But even though data sharing creates a counterbalancing democratizing force, it must nevertheless be approached cautiously. Underserved organizations and groups must navigate difficult barriers related to technological complexity and legal risk. To examine what those common barriers are, one type of data sharing effort—data trusts—are examined, specifically the reports commenting on that effort. To address these practical issues, data governance technologies have a large role to play in democratizing data trusts safely and in a trustworthy manner. Yet technology is far from a silver bullet. It is dangerous to rely upon it. But technology that is no-code, flexible, and secure can help more responsibly operate data trusts. This type of technology helps innovators put relationships at the center of their efforts. 2022-01-11T16:51:16Z 2022-01-11T16:51:16Z 2021-07-13 Article https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138876 Wu, D., Verhulst, S., Pentland, A., Avila, T., Finch, K., & Gupta, A. (2021). How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being. Data & Policy, 3. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ application/pdf Data & Policy |
| spellingShingle | Wu, Dan Verhulst, Stefaan G. Pentland, Alex Avila, Thiago Finch, Kelsey Gupta, Abhishek How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being |
| title | How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being |
| title_full | How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being |
| title_fullStr | How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being |
| title_full_unstemmed | How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being |
| title_short | How data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well-being |
| title_sort | how data governance technologies can democratize data sharing for community well being |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138876 |
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