Start date :2019
End date :
Name of responsible governmental body :
  • Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ;)
Description :
  • The Data Ethics Advisory Group helps maximising the opportunities and benefits from new and emerging uses of data, while responsibly managing risks and harms.
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Objectives:
  • To enable Government agencies to test ideas, policy and proposals related to new and emerging uses of data.
  • To provide advice on trends, issues, areas of concern and areas for innovation it becomes aware of.
OECD AI principle adressed:
  • Human-centred values and fairness
  • Fostering a digital ecosystem for AI
Relevant policy area covered:
  • Social and welfare issues
Direct beneficiaries:
Estimated budget expenditure (range per year):
  • Less than 1M
Background including shifts in the policy initiative:
  • N.A
Policy initiative is a structural reform:
  • No
Evaluated:
  • No
Link to evaluation or reports:
  • N.A
Funding from the private sector:
  • No
Type of evaluation:
  • N.A
Evaluation provides input to:
  • N.A
Evaluation performed by:
  • N.A
Policy instruments :

Regulatory oversight and ethical advice bodies

  • Type : Regulatory oversight and ethical advice bodies
  • Name in English : The Data Ethics Advisory Group
  • Country : New Zealand
  • Type(s) of oversight or advice : Technical guidance (e.g. toolkits, documentation, technical standards) | Other
  • - Other : Advice on trends, issues, areas of concern, and areas for innovation in relation to data governance and use.
  • Activities : Provide formal input to policymakers | Provide expert ethical opinion | Identify areas of oversight reform
  • Reports to : Ministry
  • The regulatory oversight/ethical advice body is composed of : A mix / other
  • - Other : A mix of academia, business, and government representatives
  • Reports are publicly available : Yes
Last updated : Jun 15, 2021
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