Data governance in smart cities: Challenges and solution directions

Today, our environment and the objects therein are equipped with an increasing number of devices such as cameras, sensors, actuators, which all together produce a huge amount data. Furthermore, we observe that citizens generate data via social media applications running on their personal devices. Smart cities societies seeking for ways to exploit these vast amounts In this paper, argue take full advantage data, it is necessary set up governance properly, includes defining, assigning, allocating responsibilities. A proper setting appears be challenging task since may used irresponsibly, thoughtlessly maliciously, resulting in many (un)wanted side effects violation rules regulations, human rights, ethical principles well privacy security requirements. We elaborate key functionalities should included ecosystem within smart cites, namely provisioning required quality establishing trust, few organizational aspects support governance. Realizing functionalities, among others, asks making trade-offs contending values. provide solution directions realizing them.