No data gatekeeping - access to company data by default unless a signed compliance or legal rule requires a block; tool owners can request features but cannot stop work

Situation

After a contractor building internal data tools waited about 10 weeks for Google Analytics and BigQuery access, Peter set the rule: people get access to company data unless there is a compliance or legal reason under a guideline Peter has signed (federal data a non-US person cannot see is a legitimate block). The business owner of an internal tool can ask for features but cannot ask that work not happen; outcomes decide whether work continues. Blocks should be raised immediately, not after weeks. Peter had Steve deliver the message to the RevOps data owners first, planned to reinforce it at the Thursday meeting, and on 10/29 told the contractor BigQuery access should be open and a RevOps meeting would be set up.

Reasoning

Silos slow the company, and the Atlas work and the data story ahead of a Series B is worth more than the control gatekeeping protects. Restriction is by named compliance rule, never by ownership. Steve leads because the contractor reports to Steve, keeping the chain of command intact while Peter backing is visible.

Additional Context

Confirmed by Peter. Stored with the data owners described by role, not characterized individually.

Observed Evidence

unless [the owner] can explain to me that she is following some compliance guideline that I have signed, I want you or anybody else to be able to get access. / when you run into blocks like that, do not wait 10 weeks. Just raise it.

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