To serve the public interest, a civic digital trust must address four key foundational questions:ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWLegal structure: Responsible data sharing sits at the intersection of two areas of Canadian law, namely data privacy law and trust law. Data privacy law is designed to protect against specific breaches and violations – harms against individual people. Trust law provides an additional layer of recourse, establishing a fiduciary responsibility for trustees to act in beneficiaries’ best interests. Civic participation: A civic digital trust requires a representative board: Businesses, including the local streetfront and innovators from our existing tech ecosystem. Public data needs to benefit the public.

Source: thestar June 24, 2019 21:33 UTC