About the Free Our Data blog
Free Our Data is the campaign started by Guardian Technology beginning with the article Give us back our crown jewels. The argument is simple: by charging for data that is collected (sometimes with the force of law) by government-owned bodies, the government is holding back the growth in public and private use of that data which could benefit the UK overall. That is, a short-term “gain” hides a much bigger loss in terms of entrepreneurship, jobs created and competitive edge lost.
