We envision a future where people, organisations and communities use data to make better decisions, more quickly. Using data can enable us to innovate, create more efficient and effective services and products, and fuel economic growth and productivity.
To bring about this future, we must make data as open as possible while protecting people’s privacy, commercial confidentiality and national security. We must identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity.
The ODI advocates for and supports putting in place practices that ensure the way data is collected and used is trustworthy and ethical.
Through advocacy, we also promote data literacy in order for people to make informed choices about what data to share, and what privacy settings to use. Through training and services, the ODI helps organisations make better and more ethical decisions about data.
If you’d like to discuss how we can work with you to help your organisation to explore how it can become more trustworthy with data, get in touch with our team
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Events
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Friday lunchtime lecture: Data protection in developing countries Fri, 13 Oct 2017, 13:00 14:00
- Data ethics and privacy
- Peer networks
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Friday lunchtime lecture: Who owns your reputation? Fri, 22 Jul 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data ethics and privacy
- Retail and consumer
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Friday lunchtime lecture: Can technology help us control our personal data? Wed, 11 May 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Retail and consumer
Blogs
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Blog 12/10/2018
Behind the Curtain: art and the morality of gathering public information
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
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Blog 12/10/2018
Behavioural psychologist Patrick Fagan: ‘I turn minds into money’
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Retail and consumer
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Blog 05/10/2018
Agile ethics pioneer Alix Dunn on why ‘moving fast and breaking things’ must not extend to ethics
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Startups
- Alix Dunn
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Blog 28/09/2018
ODI responds to Open Data Barometer Leaders Edition: ‘from promise to progress’
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Jeni Tennison
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Blog 18/09/2018
The ODI responds to the consultation on the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
- Data ethics and privacy
- Jack Hardinges