Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN)

The modern world is increasingly dependent on data. It is central to our lives, directly in our own experience and indirectly through the way organisations use data. Much of the data is personally confidential, at the point of collection or when combined with other data. Often the confidentiality of data is unclear: are street observations by citizen scientists confidential? Photos of one’s family on social media? Facial recognition? Automatic number plate recognition? Data used to train machine learning systems? Is ‘sensitive’ or ‘personal’ the same as ‘confidential’?

The confidentiality of data has a substantial effect on the way it is managed, perceived and exploited. This spills over into the management and use of open data, or data which is confidential for other reasons, such as commercial confidentiality: ethics, public perceptions, data security can also be just as important.

Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN) is a multi-disciplinary research group aiming to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, think-tanks, industry and government.

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About

Find out more about the aims and research themes of the Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN).

Members

The Management team and members of Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN).

Projects

The main current and completed research projects within Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN).

Events

Current and past Seminar Series and events from Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN).

Publications

View the Working Papers and key publications from members of Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN).

Contacts

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