Envisioning a New Future: Building Trust for Data Use

Abstract

This paper surfaces individual and collective rights and harms that people need to consider in developing approaches to data use. It also outlines four broad ways to build trust: enact and refine laws and regulations related to data; apply technical solutions to expand and control data access; increase community data capacity; and establish and enhance governance for data and data systems. With this framework in mind and a focus on centering racial equity, funders can review how their actions and investments contribute to building public trust for using data for good.