Today, data collaborative company BrightHive announced the launch of its first two Responsible Data Use Playbooks, designed to help public and private sector leaders use and share data to increase the impact of their COVID-19 response and plan for the future. Both playbooks are free and available today as interactive web pages and as PDF downloads at playbooks.brighthive.io.
Responsible Data Use Playbook for Job Seeker Tools provides actionable steps that government agencies and private organizations can take to collaboratively use data to provide recently laid-off workers with increased education and career opportunities, as well as skills training and social support services. Responsible Data Use Playbook for Digital Contact Tracing equips public health authorities and application developers with information and protocols for preserving privacy and ensuring the ethical use of data within contact tracing efforts.
Since 2015, BrightHive, a public benefit company based in Chicago, IL, has helped networks of organizations—including state and local governments—increase their collective impact through data collaboration.
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With the onset of COVID-19, BrightHive has witnessed an accelerated need for organizations to be able to rapidly and responsibly share data with one another. Playbook co-author Natalie Evans Harris, BrightHive Head of Strategic Initiatives, explains, “We know from talking to government and private sector leaders across the country that the capability for quickly using and sharing data can drastically change their ability to help those affected by COVID-19. But they don’t have months or years to determine how to best do that. They have days or weeks to make it happen. These playbooks provide a way for leaders to start responsibly using data now.”
Matt Gee, BrightHive CEO, hopes the playbooks will help organizations and networks jump start their data sharing efforts, especially at such a critical time. “Responsible data sharing is important in normal times,” says Gee. “In times of crisis, with lives and livelihoods on the line, it is essential. We’ve heard from government agencies, nonprofits organizations and industry partners that they don’t have the tools they need to coordinate and collaborate using data. The Responsible Data Use Playbooks give leaders of these organizations both a framework for designing data collaborations, as well as specific steps they can begin implementing immediately.”
While the playbooks are designed for those using and sharing data, BrightHive and the playbooks’ co-authors say the playbooks are ultimately meant to serve those directly impacted by COVID-19. Allison C. Bell, Ph.D., Principal at Three Arrows Up Consulting, says, “Responsible Data Use Playbook for Job Seeker Tools provides guidelines for the responsible and collaborative creation of tools and resources for job seekers that feature reliable information, intentional elimination of sources of bias, and holistic supports for the job seeker.”
Michelle R. Weise, Ph.D., Senior Advisor at Imaginable Futures adds, “Whether it’s a philanthropist or funder, state agency, or tech company, the playbook is the first step in knitting together career navigation, wraparound supports, more precise educational pathways, and job placement so that a jobseeker can more easily navigate a job transition.”
Digital Contact Tracing co-author Kelsey Finch, Senior Counsel at Future of Privacy Forum, says, “Responsible Data Use Playbook for Digital Contact Tracing helps public health leaders and their partners answer key questions about the extent to which digital contact tracing initiatives adhere to enduring privacy and ethical principles, both during and after COVID-19.”
BrightHive intends to develop and release playbooks for additional audiences later this year and into 2021.
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