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Data and security principles

The fundamental principles which support the framework for data management and security.

Data principles

A set of principles, aligning to the journey data takes through ONS.
Security model and principles

Principles that guide our security practices.

ONS’s overarching Data and Security strategies are principles based, and rest on four fundamental principles:

Data is an asset that has value to data providers and to the organisation, and is managed throughout its lifecycle.
We support and encourage data re-use. The data we hold is described using common terms.
Data is managed according to its sensitivity. Access to data is governed with a clear set of rules.
Openness and Transparency.

These fundamental principles are underpinned by a set of data principles, and a set of security principles