Governance
Data Trusts
Legal/organisational structures to steward shared datasets.
Definition
A governance arrangement where a trusted steward holds and manages data on behalf of multiple stakeholders, enabling controlled access, reuse, and stewardship while protecting rights and ensuring accountability. The report presents data trusts as an explored mechanism to enable secure data-sharing between public and private actors for AI development.
Related Terms
Data trust
Mechanism for trusted sharing and reuse of public-sector data....
data policy
Rules and measures for dataset sharing and governance....
data trustees
Neutral intermediaries to manage rights, consent and access....
Trust/security
Privacy, data governance, robustness and cybersecurity....
data as an enabler
Datasets and infrastructure that permit AI development and deployment....