This is the Q&A session from the Big Data and Governance seminar held in November 2014 to accompany the publication of POST’s Big Data POSTnotes . The seminar discussed the opportunities and challenges of big data as well as the issues it creates for governance. Drawing a balance between maximising the utility of data and protecting personal privacy and civil rights, ensuring fairness and preventing discrimination poses difficult questions. At the seminar experts from across academia, government, industry and the third sector debated where this balance should lie and different watch the first part: Big Data and Governance: balancing risks and rewards

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