For the last few years, departments within the UK Government have been using the term ‘Smart Data’ to refer to the secure sharing of customer data with named / authorised third-party providers (TPPs), upon the customer’s request.
The concept started with Open Banking, but a wider adoption of Smart Data is now being implemented, starting with Open Finance and then the Open Energy, Open Telecoms / Open Telco and (hopefully) into Open Transport.
And recently the Smart Data Council has been set-up (taking forward the work of the Smart Data Working Group), with the aim of making it easier for more consumers and small businesses to switch providers of some utilities, therefore supporting families to save money.
Smart Data has its own place in the Data Spectrum, and in our version specifically for the Transport & Mobility sector, the types of data expected to be shared are:
- Transactions & tickets (e.g. products purchased or entitlements to travel)
- Journeys made
- Concessions or discounts
These are the data entities described in our Open Transport Customer-account API Specification: https://opentransport.co.uk/open-standard/
Open Transport - Transport & Mobility Data Interoperability 