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PROVIDING A
PLATFORM ON WHICH TO
BETTER MANAGE AND
USE INFORMATION WILL
CREATE A LAUNCHPAD FOR
INNOVATION WITHIN THE
PUBLIC SECTOR.
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citizens and the demand for more transparency have choked
the public sector’s ability to capitalise upon the opportunities
that public cloud can offer. A recent study from Ranking
Digital Rights (RDR), Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate
Accountability Index, suggests that consumers’ demands for more
transparency are justified. Not one of the 22 Internet, mobile and
telecommunications companies surveyed for the study earned a
privacy score higher than 63%, indicating that most organisations
fail to disclose enough information about data privacy to
customers. But when it comes to the public sector, we expect,
even demand, that our data be handled with diligence and care.
In fact, in a recent study assessing who should assume ultimate
responsibility for data security, 15% claim that the overarching
accountability should lie with government institutions.
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