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Chapter Three - Right Place

globally from USD150 billion in 2017 to over USD210 billion
by 2020. The prerequisite of this requires the opening and

sharing of public information like New York City where
open data is enforced using a law that mandates “all public
data be made available on a single web portal”.

Hong Kong's outdated data policy

In Hong Kong, we have yet to legislate open data. Though
the Chief Executive has committed to make more data
available to the public, the licence conditions of mobile 199

operators, for example, prohibit the operators disclosing
the customer information other than as necessary for
providing the telecom service, even if the data is aggregate
and anonymous. This outdated policy negates the treasure

trove of data that mobile operators sit on.

Outside Hong Kong, a lot of places have allowed the use
and sharing of these aggregate data, the U.S. is one and

Japan another.

In order to “facilitate and legitimise business analytics