Consultation on the Third Party Participation in the DATA Scheme Guidance Note
Entities that are not party to a DATA Scheme project’s data sharing agreement (third party) may still participate in a Scheme project in the following ways:
- engagement as a contractor for or establishing a secondment to a Scheme entity that is a party to a data sharing agreement
- appointing a third party to act as an agent for a Scheme entity that is a party to a data sharing agreement
- a third party entity performing certain services under an ‘approved contract’.
Allowing third parties to participate in Scheme projects enables the parties to a data sharing agreement and those third parties to work together on a Scheme project to support each other’s objectives and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
A draft guidance note 'Third Party Participation in the DATA Scheme' was open for public consultation from 20 December 2024 to 20 January 2025.