Good Practice Principles for Data Ethics in the Public Sector

Author: Jacob Arturo Rivera Pérez

Publisher: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Publication Year: N/A

Summary: The following document is written by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) within the Open and Innovative Government Division. The overall take ways from this document are to highlight ways that governments can increase data ethics within the public sector. As government are increasing data sharing, both between countries and within government agencies, they must aim to implement these partnerships such that trust is placed at the core of this agreement and that public integrity is upheld through specific actions via the government. The note that data ethics frameworks do not replace but rather complement laws regarding privacy, open data, open government, and transparency within the public sector.