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Designing disclosure: deciding what a register should show

Public access is rarely all-or-nothing. A field-level approach to disclosure lets policy evolve without redevelopment.

· 6 min read · RegiGov Registry Advisory

Disclosure debates often stall because they are framed as a single choice between an open register and a closed one. In practice, most registers publish some fields, release others to authorised parties, and protect a small set entirely.

Treating disclosure as field-level configuration allows policy to change without redevelopment, and makes the reasoning behind each setting explicit and reviewable.

  • Policy
  • Transparency

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