Communicating about Data Privacy and Security Report
FPF CEO Jules Polonetsky and FPF Policy Counsel Kelsey Finch led the work on Communicating about Data Privacy and Security as part of its ongoing efforts to support proactive and privacy-focused stakeholder engagement and communications around administrative data research. While strong privacy safeguards are the foundation of any administrative data research, learning to effectively communicate about how and why administrative data are being used and protected and providing stakeholders with meaningfully input in the research process is essential to maintaining public trust.
In the report, we identify the “why, when, who, and how” of communicating about data privacy and security while doing administrative data research. The report highlights the importance of engaging a diversity of stakeholders at multiple stages in the research lifecycle, and includes an initial matrix model building on the GovLab’s People-Led Innovation framework to ensure active engagement. We also apply the model to a hypothetical research project to further inspire researchers and practitioners to think creatively about meaningful opportunities for stakeholder engagement.
