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Cities in general are interested in big data opportunities, especially from that high level perspective, but depending on
the city or who we're talking about in the city, the approach can be different.
In summary, the benefits and challenges for cities form the Big Data approach are the following:

Table 10-2: Benefits and Challenges for cities form the Big Data Approach

The way New York has approached it has been successful, and creating a Mayor's Office of Data Analytics, has led to
creative thinking and the ability to draw from several different agencies for any problems that arise. Valuable insights
have also been gained through the processing of huge volumes of data that the infrastructure has made possible.

Nevertheless, cities must worry about privacy issues, even for data that seems like it is anonymous. In New York, there
have been a couple of examples of things like open data around taxi trips, where even though the individual records
were not online, people were able to cross-reference those with other public data sets to find out things that might be
considered more private information; for example, being able to look at a particular taxi and figure out what the
earnings of that driver are based on the trips that they take and the starting and ending points. New York has seen
success by working with organizations that have a strong social mission or particular set of issues that they focus on,
such as homelessness or public housing. By working with them to specify the challenges and problems, the city has
gained a stronger understanding than it otherwise would have through other means.
Another important example is Singapore, which created the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) in 2013 to
administer and enforce the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), with a mission to promote and enforce personal data
protection. This was done to foster an environment of trust among businesses and consumers, contributing to a vibrant
Singapore economy.

Report title: Connected City Blueprint
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