Social challenges
Government organisations work with data from citizens and business owners to deliver the right services. Citizens, however, often have very little control over that data. The government must be transparent about this so that everyone knows what information the government has on a citizen. It should be easy to see which government organisation is using your data, as well as when and why. If something is incorrect, it should be easy to amend it. We also want everyone to have digital access to data the government has on you so you can share it with others, for example, to buy a house.
Results achieved by 2023
- Through Oveheid.nl, everyone can see what data the government has about you, your job, state pension, house, car and education. Citizens can now also see their data most commonly used by the government.
- Through MijnOverheid.nl, anyone can see which organisations are notified when personal data in the personal records database changes.
- At nl, citizens can see what type of data government organisations are using for an increasing number of decisions. Eighty decisions have now been registered.
Goals & indicators
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| 1. The Digital Government Act enables citizens and businesses to digitally access and correct the data the government has about them. |
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| 2. Citizens and businesses have the right to see the data used for a government decision specific to them.1 |
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| 3. Demonstrate through pilot projects that sharing citizens’ data with third parties digitally offers social value. |
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What are our forthcoming actions?
To find out the goals we are setting for the upcoming year to ensure data control, see priority 3.1 actions.
