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ARTICLE · 13 JULY 2021

UK's National Data Strategy | Driving Forward The Public And Private Sectors' Use Of Data

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How will businesses be impacted by the government's strategy for promoting better use of data to improve its own work and to boost the wider digital ecosystem?

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How will businesses be impacted by the government's strategy for promoting better use of data to improve its own work and to boost the wider digital ecosystem?

On 18 May 2021, the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published its response to the recent consultation on its National Data Strategy (announced in September 2020, as we reported).

The strategy sets out the UK government's plans for promoting and facilitating the use of data, built on the recognition that data is an asset that "used responsibly, can deliver economic and public benefits across the UK". The government's ambition is to "harness the power of data to drive growth and innovation, fuel new jobs and businesses, support scientific research, revolutionise the public sector and create a fairer society for all".

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