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Emily Shaw: Striking the balance between open data and privacy

Everybody from President Barack Obama on down says they want a more open and transparent government. Still, when releasing government-held data sets to the publ...

August 13, 2015 11:22 am

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Everybody from President Barack Obama on down says they want a more open and transparent government. Still, when releasing government-held data sets to the public, it's important to strike a balance between providing open data and protecting citizens' privacy. Emily Shaw is the Deputy Policy Director at the Sunlight Foundation. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss how the reach that balance.