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Scrapping the national census raises data sovereignty and surveillance fears for Māori

Social licence and consent are central to trust in state data systems. Changes to the way census information is gathered make this especially important for Māori.
Companies from more affluent regions have more computational power to access and work with data than other stakeholders in the data ecology. Imbalances such as this take on particular significance when data is repurposed. Caureem / Shutterstock

Beyond checking a box: how a social licence can help communities benefit from data reuse and AI

Individualised notions of consent for data use do little to help societies seeking to address collective health crises and other community needs.
Support for use of health data is conditional on whether the use has public benefits. (Brittany Datchko/Graphic Journeys)

How can health data be used for public benefit? 3 uses that people agree on

There are concerns about how health data are used, but research shows support for uses with public benefits by health-care providers, governments, health-system planners and university-based researchers.

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