Government Confirms New Framework for Data Availability and Use
Government Confirms New Framework for Data Availability and Use - We have discussed the Federal Government’s response to the Productivity Commission’s proposed new Consumer Data Right before (see https://www.compliancequarter.com.au/new-consumer-data-right-2018-know-far/). Now that the Government has released its formal response to the Productivity Commission’s (the Commission’s) inquiry report Data Availability and Use[1], it’s worth looking in more detail at the Data Right and other proposed data reforms. There are three planks to the Government’s reforms: A Consumer Data Right; A National Data Commissioner; Legislative and governance arrangements for data sharing and release. [caption id="attachment_4256" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo by Hunter Harritt on Unsplash[/caption] By Dr Drew Donnelly, Compliance Quarter. We discuss each of these changes in turn and contrast the Government’s changes with some of the recommendations from the Commission. The Consumer…