Your data: how information about families can be used by governments

Edwards, Rosalind, Gillies, Val, Vannier ducasse, Helene, Gorin, Sarah J and Garrington, Christine (2023) Your data: how information about families can be used by governments.

Abstract

Have you ever wondered what happens to the data collected on you and your family by local and national Governments? How is that data used and who is it shared with to make judgements about you and others and to inform local service interventions?

We are a team of researchers from the Universities of Southampton and Westminster and we have been investigating what parents know about how data on them and their children is collected, shared and used by local services.

We believe that policy developments and data linkage and analytics practices to inform services interventions are moving ahead of public knowledge and consent. We should all take time to understand this better and consider what it means. We hope this video will help prompt discussions among parents and groups working with parents to make sure we are better informed and better equipped to challenge these processes if we think they need challenging.

If you are a parent, a group working with parents or simply someone with an interest in how our data is being used, please watch our animation and if you’d like to know more about what we’ve found and other resources and outputs that might be of interest take a look at the website parent-data.org.uk

The video was created with help from animation specialists Cognitive Media Ltd.

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Contributors

Author: Rosalind Edwards

Author: Helene Vannier ducasse

Author: Sarah J Gorin

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