Pamela Robinson (Editor) Pamela Robinson (MCIP RPP) is Professor and Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada). Throughout her career as a planner, her research and practice have focused on complex, emergent challenges that Canadian communities face. Her current research focuses on the question: who is planning the Canadian smart city? Pamela writes for Spacing.ca about sustainability, technology, and civic engagement in Canadian cities. Robinson was a member of Waterfront Toronto’s Digital Strategy Advisory Panel and an inaugural member of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum for the Government of Canada’s Open Government Partnership work. She is an Advisor on the Toronto Public Library’s Innovation Council.Teresa Scassa (Editor) Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. She is the author or co-author of several books, including Digital Commerce in Canada (LexisNexis, 2020), Canadian Trademark Law (2nd edition, LexisNexis, 2015), and Law Beyond Borders (Irwin Law, 2014). She is co-editor of Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada (LexisNexis, 2021) and Law and the Sharing Economy (University of Ottawa Press, 2018). She is a member of the Canadian Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence and of the Geothink research partnership. She has written widely in the areas of intellectual property law, law and technology, and privacy.

• INTRODUCTION: The Evolution of Open DataCHAPTER 1: Looking Back Toward a “Smarter” Open Data FutureCHAPTER 2: Open Government Data and Confidential Commercial Information: Challenging the Future of Open DataCHAPTER 3: Reusability of Publicly Accessible User Data on Platform WebsitesCHAPTER 4: Challenges to the Access of Government Open Data by Private Sector CompaniesCHAPTER 5: Open Data and Government LiabilityCHAPTER 6: Examining the Value of Geospatial Open DataCHAPTER 7: Data for Development: Exploring Connections Between Open Data, Big Data, and Data Privacy in the Global SouthCHAPTER 8: The Future of Open Data Is RuralCHAPTER 9: Reflections on the Future of Open Data

Pamela Robinson (Editor) Pamela Robinson (MCIP RPP) is Professor and Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada). Throughout her career as a planner, her research and practice have focused on complex, emergent challenges that Canadian communities face. Her current research focuses on the question: who is planning the Canadian smart city? Pamela writes for Spacing.ca about sustainability, technology, and civic engagement in Canadian cities. Robinson was a member of Waterfront Toronto’s Digital Strategy Advisory Panel and an inaugural member of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum for the Government of Canada’s Open Government Partnership work. She is an Advisor on the Toronto Public Library’s Innovation Council.Teresa Scassa (Editor) Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. She is the author or co-author of several books, including Digital Commerce in Canada (LexisNexis, 2020), Canadian Trademark Law (2nd edition, LexisNexis, 2015), and Law Beyond Borders (Irwin Law, 2014). She is co-editor of Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada (LexisNexis, 2021) and Law and the Sharing Economy (University of Ottawa Press, 2018). She is a member of the Canadian Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence and of the Geothink research partnership. She has written widely in the areas of intellectual property law, law and technology, and privacy.

• INTRODUCTION: The Evolution of Open DataCHAPTER 1: Looking Back Toward a “Smarter” Open Data FutureCHAPTER 2: Open Government Data and Confidential Commercial Information: Challenging the Future of Open DataCHAPTER 3: Reusability of Publicly Accessible User Data on Platform WebsitesCHAPTER 4: Challenges to the Access of Government Open Data by Private Sector CompaniesCHAPTER 5: Open Data and Government LiabilityCHAPTER 6: Examining the Value of Geospatial Open DataCHAPTER 7: Data for Development: Exploring Connections Between Open Data, Big Data, and Data Privacy in the Global SouthCHAPTER 8: The Future of Open Data Is RuralCHAPTER 9: Reflections on the Future of Open Data