Country | Open Data Plan (Aside from Open Government Partnership Action Plans & National Open Data Portals) | Big Data Plan (Aside from public service plans) | AI Strategy Plan | Industry 4.0 Plan | Data Protection Law |
Argentina | No information | No information | National Plan of Artificial Intelligence (In progress) | Industry Plan Argentina 4.0 | Personal Data Protection Law (2000)
Draft bill for a new data protection act (2018) |
Australia | National action Plan to Advance Open Data (2013)
Open Data Policy (2015) Australia’s Second Open Government National Action plan 2018-20 |
No information | 2018-2019 budget announced a four-year investment to support the development of AI in Australia | Funding was given to advance new scientific and technological developments-included industry 4.0 (2018) | Privacy Act (1988) |
Brazil | The Brazilian Open Data Policy, instituted by Decree No. 8.777 (2016) | No information | No dedicated plan | Advanced Manufacturing Plan for Brazil (2018) | Protection of Personal Data Bill (2011)
Internet Bill of Rights (2014) |
Canada | Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 (2014)
Directive on Open Government (2017) Canada’s Digital Charter in Action A Plan by Canadians, for Canadians (2018) Canada’s 2018-2020 National Action Plan on Open Government (2018) |
National Data Strategy (in progress) | Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2017) | Strategic Innovation Fund (2017) | The Privacy Act (1985)
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (‘PIPEDA’) (2000) |
China | No information | National Big Data Strategy (in progress) | A Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan (2017) | Made in China 2025 (2015) | The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Strengthening the Network Information Protection (2012) |
France | Digital Republic Act (2016)
For a transparent and Collaborative Government: France national Action Plan (2018-2020) |
Steering Committee of the New Industrial France, under the direction of the Minister for Industry, published a roadmap for Big Data (2014) | For a Meaningful Artificial Intelligence: Towards a French and European Strategy (2018) | Industrie du Futur (2015) | Law relating to the protection of individuals against the processing of personal data (1978) |
Germany | Open Data Act (2017) | No information | AI strategy (2018) | Industrie 4.0 (2017) | Federal Data Protection Act (1990) |
India | National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (2012) | No information | National AI Strategy (2018) | National Policy for Advanced Manufacturing (2017) | Data Protection Bill (2018)
Information Technology Act (2000) |
Indonesia | Indonesia Government Partnership National Action Plan 2018-2020 | No information | No dedicated plan | Making Indonesia 4.0 | Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 Concerning Electronic Information and Transactions |
Italy | Open government in Italy: 3rd Action Plan with Addendum 2016-2018 | No information | White Paper on Artificial Intelligence at the service of citizens | Industria 4.0 | Decreto Legislativo 30 giugno 2003, n. 196 – Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali |
Japan | Japan Open Data Promotion Consortium (2012) | Declaration to Be the World’s Most Advanced IT Nation Basic Plan for the Advancement of Public and Private Sector Data Utilization (2017) | Artificial Intelligence Technology Strategy (2017) | Society 5.0: Aiming for a New Human-centered Society (2017) | Act on the Protection of Personal Information (2003) |
Mexico | National Digital Strategy (2013)
Digital Strategy (2018) |
No information | Towards an AI Strategy in Mexico: Harnessing the AI Revolution (2018) | Crafting the Future: A Roadmap for Industry 4.0 In Mexico (2016) | Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Private Individuals (2010) |
Republic of Korea | Open Public Data Policy (2012) | No dedicated plan | Five-Year Plan to Strengthen the Country’s Research & Development in AI (2018) | Manufacturing Industry Innovation 3.0 | Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act (2011) |
Republic of South Africa | The 3rd South African Open Government Partnership Country Action Plan 2016-2018 | No information | No dedicated plan | No information | Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 |
Russia | Standard Conditions of Usage of Public Data Published Online as Open Data (2016) | No information | No dedicated plan | No information | Federal Law Regarding Personal Data 2006 |
Saudi Arabia | No information | No information | No dedicated AI strategy | No information | No information |
Turkey | No information | No information | No dedicated plan | Digital Transformation Platform in Industry (2017) | Data Protection Law (2016) |
United Kingdom | Open Data Strategy: 2014-2016
UK Open Data Policy (2016) UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18 Government Transformation Strategy: better use of data (2017) |
Seizing the data opportunity: a strategy for UK data capability (2013)
National Data Strategy (in progress) |
AI Sector Deal (2018) | Industrial Strategy: building a Britain fit for the future (2017) | Data Protection Act (2018) |
United States | Project Open Data, Open Data Policy — Managing Information as an Asset (2013) | The Federal Big Data Research and Development Strategic Plan (2016) | Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence (2016)
National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan (2016) Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy (2016) The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan: 2019 Update |
The Reinventing American Manufacturing and Innovation (RAMI) Act established Manufacturing USA (2014) | Privacy Act (1974) Congress is weighing several proposals for a national online data privacy plan |
European Union | Public Sector Information Directive (2003) | Big Data Action Plan and Roadmap (2014) | Communication on Artificial Intelligence (2018) | Digitising European Industry (2016) | General Data Protection Regulation (2018) |
Compiled by T. Struett, S. Aaronson, and D. Tse
Sources:
https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DTL/STI_and_ICTs/ICT4D-Legislation/eCom-Data-Protection-Laws.aspx
https://medium.com/politics-ai/an-overview-of-national-ai-strategies-2a70ec6edfd
https://www.opengovpartnership.org/countries/canada
https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/index.html?t=world-map&c=US
https://www.kennedyslaw.com/media/3154/asia-pacific-data-principles.pdf