Data is the new oil is a currently popular aphorism. To the extent that it connotes a resource of great value, there is some validity to the analogy. There is, though, one significant difference: one is composed of atoms and the other of bits. Giving away the first deprives you of it; but, when you “give away” data to someone else, it still remains with you. When a company exports a million tonnes of iron ore, that ore is gone from India; however, if an organisation chooses to export some of its data, the very same data. . .