CIPL Publishes Discussion Paper on B2G Data Sharing

On
May
4,
2023,
the
Centre
for
Information
Policy
Leadership
at
Hunton
Andrews
Kurth
published
a
discussion
paper
on
business-to-government
(B2G)
data
sharing.

Entitled
“Data
Sharing
Between
Public
and
Private
Sectors:
When
Local
Governments
Seek
Information
from
the
Sharing
Economy,”
the
paper
addresses
the
growing
trend
of
localities
requesting
(and
sometimes
mandating)
that
data
collected
by
the
private
sector
be
shared
with
the
localities
themselves.
Such
requests
are
generally
not
in
the
context
of
law
enforcement
or
national
security
matters,
but
rather
are
part
of
an
effort
to
further
the
public
interest
or
promote
a
public
good.

To
the
extent
such
requests
are
overly
broad
or
not
specifically
tailored
to
the
stated
public
interest,
CIPL
believes
that
the
public
sector’s
adoption
of
accountability
measures—which
CIPL
has
repeatedly
promoted
for
the
private
sector—can
advance
responsible
data
sharing
practices
between
the
two
sectors.
It
can
also
strengthen
the
public’s
confidence
in
data-driven
initiatives
that
seek
to
improve
their
communities.

In
order
to
facilitate
greater
awareness
of
this
issue,
CIPL
will
be
hosting
an
online
roundtable
on
Thursday,
June
1,
2023.
An
invitation
will
be
sent
to
members
and
invited
guests.

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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