Imagine a world where data resided in data commons. Certain types of information about our lives would be collectively held, in a trusted environment, and used for our benefit. Some data commons are already in existence. The UK Biobank makes excellent use of the millions of data points about our genes that are created each year. It collates the medical and genomic data of 500,000 people. Each has consented to researchers using their data to better understand and prevent serious disease. And any legitimate researcher can access this resource. In fact by 2020, more than 20,000 researchers were
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