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DCMS moves ahead with UK National Data Strategy following consultation

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Published on: 18 May 2021

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LNB News 18/05/2021

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Issue Date: 18 May 2021

Published Date: 18 May 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has published its response to the consultation it ran on the UK National Data Strategy (NDS) from 9 September 2020 to 9 December 2020. Of more than 250 responses received, the government records that respondents ‘generally welcomed’ its approach to data as a strategic asset to be used for social and economic benefit, considering data to be not just a threat to be managed, but an opportunity to be embraced. In response to the consultation responses, the government has announced that it will share frequent and focused updates regarding the NDS, launch the National Data Strategy Forum, make efforts to build trust in the government’s own use of data, and maintain momentum across other priority areas by appointing a new Information Commissioner and a new Board and Chair for the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.

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