Private sector access to public sector personal data: exploring data value and benefit-sharing

The aim of this review is to enable the Scottish Government to explore the issues relevant to the access of public sector personal data.


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Governmental/legal documents

Communication from the European Commission COM(2022) 196/2 - "A European Health Data Space: harnessing the power of health data for people, patients and innovation" - https://health.ec.europa.eu/publications/communication-commission-european-health-data-space-harnessing-power-health-data-people-patients-and_en

Regulation EU 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation of 2016) -https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-protection-eu_en

The Australian Government Data Availability and Transparency Act (DAT Act, 2022) -https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2022A00011

The EU Data Act (2022) -https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-act

The European Strategy for Data (2022) - https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/strategy-data

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