Legal regulation of the provision of information services in the field of open data

Abstract

The article is devoted to the search and practical analysis of the legal regulation of the provision of information services in the field of access to public information (open data). Under informatization, the development of information society, and promotion of business and public administration transparency, there is a rethinking of the role and significance of information as a social weal and legal phenomenon. Contracts for the provision of information services are widely used both in private and public legal spheres. Access to public information is an administrative service regulated by the principle of subordination, reporting, imperativeness. At the same time, actions with publicly available information can also be the subject of civil law contracts in providing information services. In particular, many online services offer information services based on private law on the data generating and processing obtained from state registers. Data publicity has advantages for all sectors, namely: private (making better decisions through access to complete information and developing new products, services, business models, and interaction models between business and public authorities); public authorities (increasing the public services efficiency and policy development and monitoring); public (improving communication between government, business, and society, preventing corruption, involving the public in the decision-making process).