Open Data and Privacy

1. 10 minutes
Open Data & Privacy
March 16 2012
Huib Gardeniers
gardeniers@n2l.nl www.n2l.nl

2. Two ways of looking at Open Data
The keyhole to:
more and more
chances and
solutions?
or
more and more
threats?

3. Conflicting starting points
Data
(Open) data wants to be free

4. Data protection
Data
Personal data needs to be protected

5. Data & Personal data
 Data and identifiable personal data
 Most data is considered to be personal date
 Anonymous data can still be personal data!
 It’s not about the actual use of data,
but about the potential use of data
 Applicability of data protection legislation

6. re-use and restrictions
 Many restrictions, no easy solutions
 Will it get worse?
 The future: more data, more combinations
and more ‘value’
The more value data has, the more interesting
+ the more restricted the use often is….

7. A solution for both worlds
 Is the tense relationship here to stay?
 Denying the problem will only make it much
more complex to solve
 Practical, technical or fundamental solutions?
 Identifiability?