GDPR vs. (part of) Open Data

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Few points from the Trend+FinStat.sk workshop:

  • workshop targeted mainly the use of personal information obtained from public registries via Open Data
  • from the point of view of re-user (i.e. some service provider working with Open Data): the key is to show the legitimate interests and do the proportionality test, thus:
    • help from lawyer needed almost always
    • if something is already being done (“in production”) with all necessary “due diligence”, disastrous changes may not be probable just due to GDPR
  • there already is a lot of personal information out there and with legitimate use-cases (try googling for one of our former ministers Mr. Drucker and you’ll get even his date of birth) but stance of our Personal Infoirmation Protection office is not fully clean and “in line” with the rest of us
  • Slovak eGov and Open Data strategy is quite strong and both protects personal information yet also defines some exceptions in case of Open Data
  • work from governments and EC would still be much welcome, to clarify things, dispel myths, etc.

“Long story”: Open Data a GDPR - Projekt OpenData - Opendata (in Slovak and English, slides in photos in Slovak).

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