Open Data Campaign

Microsoft talk about closing the data divide and the need for open data.  Thus helping remove barriers to data innovation. The data divide progress report on can be read here

Microsoft launched five data collaboration principles in connection with this. 

Open: We will work to make data relevant to important social problems as open as possible, including by contributing open data ourselves.

Usable: We will invest in creating new technologies and tools, governance mechanisms, and policies to make data more usable for everyone

 

Empowering: We will help organizations generate value from their data according to their choices and develop their AI talent to use data effectively and independently

Secure: We will employ security controls to ensure data collaboration is operationally secure where it is desired.

Private: We will help organizations protect individuals’ privacy in data sharing collaborations that involve personally identifiable information