Sri Narayanan writes for FutureGov about the convergence of citizens’ privacy rights and data sharing between government agencies. “One would assume that interagency data sharing to improve efficiency would be a welcomed—if not necessary—feature of government. But at its core, the issue is prickly because it encroaches on a citizen’s right to privacy and his/her ownership of the data.” Contrasting the approaches in Asia and the UK, Narayanan says participants in a briefing on data centre consolidation were not concerned with the technical hurdles of data sharing but questioned the ability to ensure data security.
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