Title: Data quality management in the public domain: a case study within the Dutch justice system

Authors: Michalis Christoulakis; Marco Spruit; Jan Van Dijk

Addresses: Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands ' Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands ' Ministry of Security and Justice, Scientific Research and Documentation Centre, Postbus 20301, 2500 EH Den Haag, The Netherlands

Abstract: The need for anonymity preservation within the justice domain requires the introduction of a trusted third party as an intermediary, while integrating individual databases within its boundaries. After the trusted third party encrypts records, it is no longer possible to perform checks on the data quality and correct data anomalies. Therefore, this research examines the concepts of data quality, data integration, record linkage and trusted third party and, then, combines these with four expert interviews in order to identify ways to assess and improve data quality while linking privacy-sensitive data. Next, the trusted data linkage framework (TDLF) is presented to aid data quality management while combining citizens' privacy-sensitive data from different organisations. Finally, we evaluate the framework in a case study to demonstrate how the quality of structured judicial data can be managed prior to its encryption, while using multiple databases as sources of data and a different final recipient.

Keywords: data quality; record linkage; data integration; trusted third party; TTP; quality management; case study; The Netherlands; justice system; anonymity preservation; privacy preservation; privacy protection; data security; judicial data.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIQ.2015.071672

International Journal of Information Quality, 2015 Vol.4 No.1, pp.1 - 17

Received: 18 Dec 2013
Accepted: 08 Feb 2015
Published online: 14 Sep 2015 *

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