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Digital India law to set new rules for non-personal data sharing

The Indian government is discussing new rules for non-personal data sharing under Digital India law. The rules could include pricing for sharing anonymised data sets and provisions for free government access to boost the efficiency of the government'...

UNESCO initiates consultations on the development of a standard-setting instrument on Open Science

UNESCO has initiated global consultations on the development of a standard-setting instrument on Open Science. The standard-setting instrument which is expected to be in the form of recommendations will address the availability, accessibility, and op...

World Bank helps Nigeria to improve data literacy and usage

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has received support from the World Bank and Code for Africa (CfA) to increase its use of data among a diverse group of data users. The cooperation focuses on boosting open data publication, creating a user-fri...

TikTok opens its data to more researchers as part of its transparency initiative

TikTok announced sharing public data on content and accounts on its platform with academic researchers from the US. The company said it accepts applications to use its research API from researchers working with US nonprofit academic institutions. Tik...

Chinese province says it has deleted all Covid-related data from the health code app

Chinese province Guangdong reported it had deleted all Covid-related data collected from provincial health code app users. Some other regions plan to leverage data to bolster digital governance initiatives. 'We will thoroughly delete and destroy all ...

The EU aims to strengthen rules for GDPR enforcement

The WMO and WHO hosted the first dialogue on data collection ahead of the UN World Data Forum

Ahead of the the UN World Data Forum (October 2020 in Bern), the WMO and WHO held the first out of four 'Road to Bern' dialogues on big data. Entitled 'Collecting data: How can big data contribute to leaving no one behind and achieving Sustainable De...

EU launches the European Strategy for Data

The European Union has launched its 'European Strategy for Data'. The 35-pages long document describes the Union's main goals, challenges and perspectives related to the furthering of its data economy. Its overarching goal is to elevate the European ...

FCC establishes task force for broadband data and mapping tools

The US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has created a task force aimed at improving its broadband data and mapping tools. The task force will, among other things, provide detailed data and develop more precise maps on broadband availability. Th...

TikTok plans to open two more data centres in Europe

TikTok announced its plans to open two more data centres in Europe. One data centre is planned in Ireland and the other one's location has to be confirmed. Data for European TikTok users will be migrated to the new centres starting in 2023, accordin...

UK government to turn COVID-19 data platform into 'multi-threat dashboard' for future health emergencies

The UK Health Security Agency has begun work on creating a permanent 'multi-threat dashboard' that could keep the public informed about future health emergencies. The platform will build on and incorporate components from the COVID-19 dashboard first...

New partnership to promote open data awareness and participation in Africa

The African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) and Figshare, part of the Digital Science programme, have formed a new partnership to promote and increase awareness on open data and information sharing across Africa. The ini...