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The implementation of the EU Data Governance Regulation in Public Administrations
Since 24 September last year, the Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022, on European Data Governance (Data Governance Regulation) has been applicable throughout the European Union. Since it is a Regulation, its provisions are directly effective without…
The UK data strategy and its reform
Just over a year ago - and after an extensive process of analysis, research and public consultation - the UK government announced its new national data strategy created in response to the increasingly important role of data in all aspects of our society. The strategy builds on other related initiati…
Validation of the Royal Decree-Law on reuse of public sector information and open data
Why a Royal Decree-Law?
In the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies held on December 2, 2021, Royal Decree-Law 24/2021, of November 2, on the transposition of several European Union directives, including Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of June 20, 2019,…
The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain (IDEE), a benchmark for geospatial information
Throughout history, geospatial data have allowed humankind to better understand its environment. When we talk about geographic or spatial data, we refer to data "that implicitly or explicitly refer to a location relative to the Earth", according to the Spanish Standard UNE 148004:2018. Generally, th…
The role of blockchain in security and data privacy
The imminent application of the recent GDPR (May 25th) modifies the European panorama in terms of security and privacy of personal data. Overall, the GDPR could be considered a "Digital Declaration of Rights". As we saw earlier, this Regulation lists the detailed requirements that any institution or…
