Data & policyPub Date : 2022-07-07DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.14
B. Bioni, Marina Garrote, M. Meira, Nathan Paschoalini
{"title":"The digitization of the Brazilian national identity system: A descriptive and qualitative analysis of its information architecture","authors":"B. Bioni, Marina Garrote, M. Meira, Nathan Paschoalini","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.14","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The present paper, which composes a broader research agenda developed by Data Privacy Brasil Research Association, aims to conduct a descriptive and qualitative study of the Brazilian National Identity System through a data protection and data justice perspective. For this purpose, a desk research and legislation analyses were conducted to answer the following question: is the Brazilian National Civil Identification System (Identificação Civil Nacional or ICN) framework adequate with the Brazilian data protection general legislation and its principles—especially regarding its information architecture? As a result, we found that the current information architecture of the ICN, as well as its current use, may reveal a set of concerns related to data protection and data justice.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45857180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-06-13DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.12
Carlos Calleja, Hadassah Drukarch, E. Fosch-Villaronga
{"title":"Harnessing robot experimentation to optimize the regulatory framing of emerging robot technologies","authors":"Carlos Calleja, Hadassah Drukarch, E. Fosch-Villaronga","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.12","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract From exoskeletons to lightweight robotic suits, wearable robots are changing dynamically and rapidly, challenging the timeliness of laws and regulatory standards that were not prepared for robots that would help wheelchair users walk again. In this context, equipping regulators with technical knowledge on technologies could solve information asymmetries among developers and policymakers and avoid the problem of regulatory disconnection. This article introduces pushing robot development for lawmaking (PROPELLING), an financial support to third parties from the Horizon 2020 EUROBENCH project that explores how robot testing facilities could generate policy-relevant knowledge and support optimized regulations for robot technologies. With ISO 13482:2014 as a case study, PROPELLING investigates how robot testbeds could be used as data generators to improve the regulation for lower-limb exoskeletons. Specifically, the article discusses how robot testbeds could help regulators tackle hazards like fear of falling, instability in collisions, or define the safe scenarios for avoiding any adverse consequences generated by abrupt protective stops. The article’s central point is that testbeds offer a promising setting to bring policymakers closer to research and development to make policies more attuned to societal needs. In this way, these approximations can be harnessed to unravel an optimal regulatory framework for emerging technologies, such as robots and artificial intelligence, based on science and evidence.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48267366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-06-13DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.11
Alexandra Campmas, Nadina Iacob, Felice Simonelli
{"title":"How can interoperability stimulate the use of digital public services? An analysis of national interoperability frameworks and e-Government in the European Union","authors":"Alexandra Campmas, Nadina Iacob, Felice Simonelli","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article explores the role of interoperability in the development of digital public services in Europe, analyzing the effects of an European Union (EU)-level initiative (the European interoperability framework, EIF) and the development of e-Government services on how citizens interact online with public administrations. The EIF is a common EU framework providing guidance on public sector interoperability. EU countries are not mandated to follow the EIF, but they are encouraged to take up its guidance in their respective national interoperability frameworks (NIFs). Against this background, this article tests two hypotheses: (a) the introduction of NIFs facilitates the online interaction between citizens and public administrations and (b) better e-Government services encourage citizens to interact online with public administrations. Both hypotheses are confirmed by a panel data analysis covering 26 European countries over the period 2012–2019. The analysis relies on a dummy variable reflecting the adoption of NIFs, built by carefully examining official documents of the countries in the scope of the analysis. Based on the empirical results, this article puts forward two main policy recommendations. First, efforts to improve e-Government services across Europe should be intensified in order to support the overarching digital agenda of the EU and increase benefits for European citizens. Second, interoperability should become a central element when designing new digital public services. Therefore, the European Commission could foster a common approach to interoperability of digital public services across the EU by strengthening the governance of interoperability initiatives and encouraging the adoption of specific interoperability requirements.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46909655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-06-10DOI: 10.1017/dap.2023.8
A. Bell, O. Nov, Julia Stoyanovich
{"title":"Think about the stakeholders first! Toward an algorithmic transparency playbook for regulatory compliance","authors":"A. Bell, O. Nov, Julia Stoyanovich","doi":"10.1017/dap.2023.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2023.8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Increasingly, laws are being proposed and passed by governments around the world to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) systems implemented into the public and private sectors. Many of these regulations address the transparency of AI systems, and related citizen-aware issues like allowing individuals to have the right to an explanation about how an AI system makes a decision that impacts them. Yet, almost all AI governance documents to date have a significant drawback: they have focused on what to do (or what not to do) with respect to making AI systems transparent, but have left the brunt of the work to technologists to figure out how to build transparent systems. We fill this gap by proposing a stakeholder-first approach that assists technologists in designing transparent, regulatory-compliant systems. We also describe a real-world case study that illustrates how this approach can be used in practice.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44820109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-06-06DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.3
Ronald Jansen, Karoly Kovacs, S. Esko, Erki Saluveer, Kaja Sõstra, Linus Bengtsson, Tracey Li, W. A. Adewole, Jade Nester, Ayumi Arai, Esperanza Magpantay
{"title":"Guiding principles to maintain public trust in the use of mobile operator data for policy purposes – CORRIGENDUM","authors":"Ronald Jansen, Karoly Kovacs, S. Esko, Erki Saluveer, Kaja Sõstra, Linus Bengtsson, Tracey Li, W. A. Adewole, Jade Nester, Ayumi Arai, Esperanza Magpantay","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.3","url":null,"abstract":"DataAvailability Statement. If possible, results of computed indicators or aggregated statistics will bemade available through the website of the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) or the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA). Details of methodologies employed for computing indicators can be found on the World Bank COVID19 Mobility Task Force Github repository. Code adjusted for running a system under PURA ismaintained on theUniversity of Tokyo’s Spatial Data CommonsGithub repository and can be found here: https://github.com/SpatialDataCommons/CDR-wb-indicators-package.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48639761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-05-25DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.7
Corina Pascu, J. Burgelman
{"title":"Open data: The building block of 21st century (open) science","authors":"Corina Pascu, J. Burgelman","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.7","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper identifies the potential benefits of data sharing and open science, supported by artificial intelligence tools and services, and dives into the challenges to make data open and findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR).","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42973905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-05-25DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.8
Margaret A. Priestley, E. Simperl
{"title":"Open innovation programmes related to data and AI: How do the entrepreneurial orientations of startups align with the objectives of public funders?","authors":"Margaret A. Priestley, E. Simperl","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Open innovation programmes related to data and artificial intelligence have interested European policy-makers as a means of supporting startups and small and medium-sized enterprises to succeed in the digital economy. We discuss the objectives behind the typical service offerings of such programmes and propose a case for exploring how they align with the motivations of individual companies who are targeted by these initiatives. Using a qualitative analysis of 50 startup applications from the Data Market Services Accelerator programme, we find that applicants wrote most frequently about fundraising, acceleration and data skills. A smaller number of startups expressed interest in services related to standardization or legal guidance on General Data Protection Regulation and intellectual property rights, which are some of the ongoing priority areas for the European Commission. We discuss how the value propositions of these less desired offerings can be amplified by appealing the existing business motivations of data-driven startups.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46875961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-05-02DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.6
Anthony Simonofski, Thomas Tombal, Cécile de Terwangne, Pauline Willem, Benoît Frénay, M. Janssen
{"title":"Balancing fraud analytics with legal requirements: Governance practices and trade-offs in public administrations","authors":"Anthony Simonofski, Thomas Tombal, Cécile de Terwangne, Pauline Willem, Benoît Frénay, M. Janssen","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.6","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Fraud analytics refers to the use of advanced analytics (data mining, big data analysis, or artificial intelligence) to detect fraud. While fraud analytics offers the promise of more efficiency in fighting fraud, it also raises legal challenges related to data protection and administrative law. These legal requirements are well documented but the concrete way in which public administrations have integrated them remains unexplored. Due to the complexity of the techniques applied, it is crucial to understand the current state of practice and the accompanying challenges to develop appropriate governance mechanisms. The use of advanced analytics in organizations without appropriate organizational change can lead to ethical challenges and privacy issues. The goal of this article is to examine how these legal requirements are addressed in public administrations and to identify the challenges that emerge in doing so. For this, we examined two case studies related to fraud analytics from the Belgian Federal administration: the detection of tax frauds and social security infringements. This article details 15 governance practices that have been used in administrations. Furthermore, it highlights the complexity of integrating legal requirements with advanced analytics by identifying six key trade-offs between fraud analytics opportunities and legal requirements.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46574219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Data & policyPub Date : 2022-04-08DOI: 10.1017/dap.2022.2
Joanna van der Merwe, Ziad Al Achkar
{"title":"Data responsibility, corporate social responsibility, and corporate digital responsibility","authors":"Joanna van der Merwe, Ziad Al Achkar","doi":"10.1017/dap.2022.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This commentary looks at the use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) mechanisms for implementing responsible data use. The commentary offers an overview of CSR theory and the discourse on a growing phenomenon known as corporate digital responsibility (CDR). The commentary links these theories to the historical debates on the nature of technology, ethics, and society. The aim is to reflect on CSR and CDR mechanisms and ignite the discussion on their adequacy considering the pursuit of data responsibility. Through our discussion and brief case studies, the paper reveals the gaps in relying on CSR and CDR and the need for a broader societal and comprehensive approach.","PeriodicalId":93427,"journal":{"name":"Data & policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44769390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}