Data is infrastructure

Data fuels the economy and society, it underpins all transactions, it helps us plan, organise, engage, improve, streamline and personalise services. Data has been locked up in silos, run by organisations, even with the advent of open data, personal data has remained locked up, seen as an asset with endless debates of its control. For the economy and society to grow and evolve, personal data needs to be part of the infrastructure, independent and under the control of the citizen to collect, store and distribute safely and securely, when this happens innovation becomes possible.