Economic and policy aspects of big data and digital identity in international telecommunications services and networks
(Continuation of Question 11/3)
Motivation
The advent of the digital world has implied a progressively ambient and ubiquitous use of technology and communication services, leading to an increase in the amount, quality, and accuracy of data generated and collected on a global scale. With the increasingly rapid innovation and developments in big data, and the consequent need for comprehensive, global, secure, interoperable and minimalistic digital identity policies assumes a greater urgency. As the nameless and faceless environments of ICT networks and the internet continue to expand, the lack of systems in place to safely and securely use big data and at the same time protect the consumer, will have significant implications for access, innovation, investment, and the global economy as a whole.
Further, new technology like Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), has the potential to bring a paradigm shift in accounting/settlement process as we use to know it. DLT provides an opportunity for the first time where competing market participants can cooperate even in an untrusted environment. In spite of such far-reaching benefits, DLT is bound to pose economic and policy challenges.
Question
Economic and policy aspects of big data and digital identity in international telecommunications services and networks.
Tasks
The tasks to be undertaken by this Question include:
- Studies of the economic impact of big data.
- Guidelines on policy and economic aspects of digital identity systems.
- Terms and definitions for recommendations or studies dealing with this question.
Texts under development: D.princip_bigdata.
An up-to-date status of work under this Question is contained in the SG3 work programme.
Relationships
Recommendations
Study Groups
Standardization bodies
WSIS Action Lines
Sustainable Development Goals
