The UK Data Service welcomes Open Data Manchester’s Declaration for responsible and intelligent data practice.
Open Data Manchester (ODM) is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which turned 10 this year and which brings together a diverse group of open data advocates who promote good data morocco rcs data practice, support organisations to release data and help people to use it.
Over the course of eighteen months, ODM conducted collaborative discussions aimed at producing not just a statement of intent, but also a vehicle for encouraging and maintaining best practice across Greater Manchester.
The Declaration
The Declaration recognises that data are part of a toolkit and have strengths and limitations. It is very clear on rights to privacy and that it is imperative that an ethical system is developed for using people’s data, which earns people’s trust, supports local people’s aspirations and prioritises the value the data can bring to the region.
The Declaration also emphasises that best attempts should be made to overcome biases and assumptions that exists within any data or digital systems and that the human impact of data collection be considered, with work undertaken to reduce or prevent unexpected consequences within data collection and processing.