A personal view on the usefulness of open data Open data presents businesses, government and society with many opportunities to develop new ways of working using data that is shared freely. In this essay you are asked to write a personal view of the usefulness of open data. You should include: A short explanation of your understanding of what open data is.

Your personal reflection on the usefulness of open data and the extent to which governments, businesses and other organizations should be required to make data open. Counter-arguments where you believe open data also presents problems in addition to solutions.