by chrisprice7482013 | Mar 3, 2018 | Policy
This is a statement from West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), requested by WMODF to follow up on our published request for their views on open data from each of the Mayoral candidates before the Metro Mayor election last year. We published the candidates responses...
by Admin | Nov 24, 2017 | Policy
The implementation of the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) seems to be one of the greatest causes of anxiety across all business sectors. Whilst there will be a change in emphasis, in some areas, on how data is collected and managed, it is important to...
by chrisprice7482013 | Nov 1, 2017 | Policy
This overview highlights the key themes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to help organisations understand the new legal framework in the EU. It explains the similarities with the existing UK Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), and describes some of the new...
by chrisprice7482013 | Mar 3, 2017 | News, Policy
In February 2017 we wrote to each of the 5 candidates for the post of West Midlands mayor requesting their views by 1st March on open data, which we said we would share at our event Open Wide: Open Data Day 2017 in the West Midlands; we asked them to answer 3 specific...
by siwhitehouse | Apr 10, 2014 | News, Policy
I recently gave the presentation below to the April meeting of the forum. It’s not pretty as I didn’t project it for people to see, but used it instead to prompt me in what I was talking about. Hopefully that means it includes some useful points for people...
by Admin | Mar 20, 2014 | Policy, Work Programme
BY TERESA JOLLEY · MARCH 16, 2014 Thanks to some volunteers and Open Mercia, RnR and Data Unlocked, the West Midlands now has a Data Store. Next question: what should we do with it? Having joined the West Midlands Open Data Forum in November 2013, I realise how...
