Open by Default definition
Open by Default means that all public information must be considered open unless they contain information designated as sensitive, private, or confidential or information that is exempt as defined by the City Attorney's Office, or any other provision of a federal or state law, rule or regulation or local law.
Open by Default means that all government data should be publicly available, unless there are privacy, security or legal reasons not to release the data.
Open by Default means that governments should aim for maximum disclosure. The EU Directive on the Reuse of Public Sector Information recommends that "making public all generally available documents held by the public sector — concerning not only the political process but also the legal and administrative process — is a fundamental instrument for extending the right to knowledge, which is a basic principle of democracy." This is the core standard of any freedom of information legislation.
More Definitions of Open by Default
Open by Default means making data accessible to the public by default, unless there is sufficient justification to not make the data accessible to all.