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Smartphones have become the keys to the city, putting instant information about transit, traffic, health services, safety alerts, and community news into millions of hands, says a report from the global management consulting firm, McKinsey.
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It is hard to underestimate the role that numbers and statistics play in planning public policies and shaping governments’ actions. As highlighted by author and tech commentator Andrew Keen in a recent conversation with us, the world shifting to a data-based playground in which the importance of real-time data collection and information accuracy is becoming ever more crucial. With enforcement of its Reporting 3.0 strategy, Estonia has already managed to improve the quality of data collected by its government statistical organizations; thereby lowering the administrative burden on enterprises with regards to communicating basic information to Statistics Estonia or the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. What happens in this country when you achieve a result? You take it in, then you think of ways to make it better.
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The increasing digitalization of our society splits our world into different camps. People who can and want to cope with the digitalization and people who already have difficulty with the current developments.
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A new category is joining our annual website rankings this year: Civic Technology/Civic Tech. Hundreds of online tools and websites are deployed to enable public participation and community action and empower citizens through open access to data and information. Governments are also relying more than ever on online tools to deliver public services and communicate with their constituents. And with the rise of the smart city movement, urban planning, policy, and development are becoming increasingly dependent on data and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based solutions.
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In 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada heard an appeal in a criminal case in which the accused had been charged with theft of a list of names and contact information. In acquitting him, the Supreme Court ruled that information could not be stolen; the crime of theft required a person to take something away from another person. In this case, one party acquired information held by another without actually depriving them of it. The decision highlights some of the challenges raised by thinking about ownership of information or data.
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