Under the Data Availability and Transparency Act (DATA) scheme, if your data sharing request is accepted, you will need to enter into a data sharing agreement with the data custodian.
The data custodian is the federal government agency responsible for the data.
Reform of public sector data use will help us build a better Australia. Streamlining and modernising how the Government shares data, while ensuring privacy and security, can support policy and programs, services and research to:
We commissioned an independent Privacy Impact Assessment on the framework that identifies its strengths and weaknesses.
The Office of the National Data Commissioner released the Best Practice Guide to Applying Data Sharing Principles in 2019.
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