1. Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom AAAS, February 13 th 2015 Dr Claire Craig Director, Government Office for Science, UK

2. 2 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Opportunities Targetting servicesReducing fraud and error

3. 3 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Opportunities Building resilience Smarter insights

4. 4 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Regulation of Investigatory Powers European Convention on Human Rights EU Data Protection Data Protection Human Rights Freedom of Information 1950 1980199020002010 Stored Digital Information Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Challenges: laws and practice keeping up with technology [Illustrative]

5. 5 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Challenges: skills Substantive Expertise Computer and web science Maths & Statistics knowledge Insight and Rigour Traditional Research Machine Learning Data Science Curiosity

6. 6 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Challenges: collective goods and individual protection Amsterdam, 1941Tackling Ebola, 2014

7. 7 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom National identity and values Challenges: nations moving in step? Stem cells Fracking GM Crops

8. 8 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Framing discussion: privacy “sliders” Obfuscation Directly identifiable Anonymised to the point of losing valuable content Access / Environment Free on the internet Locked in a steel- lined room Governance and accountability Little legislation Highly legislated (Everyone)(Accredited researcher)

9. 9 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Building ethics in to the start of the process Benefit Data & Tools Legal? Ethical? Tech limits Transparency GO! Assess “Critical Trust”

10. 10 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Next? Internet of ThingsJobs “at risk” Source: Bruegel calculations based on Frey & Osborne (2013), ILO, EU Labour Force Survey

11. 11 Big Data and Governance in the United Kingdom Moving forward……. The 100k Genome Project Alan Turing Institute Photo top right from The Imitation Game, Remstar Films, 2014

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