"data was released" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in a sentence like "The government released the data earlier today."
Some fascinating - and alarming - classical music data was released earlier this week by Bachtrack.com.com
Even so, economists generally breathed a sigh of relief when the data was released yesterday.
Sales of Vytorin slumped 23percentt in 2008 after the data was released.
Sterling has been suffering since this morning's weak manufacturing data was released, fueling fears of a triple-dip recession.
Another person whose data was released was Leah Shamalov, director of communications and special events for the Russian American Foundation.
The data was released — 13,000 pages' worth — on the Web.
The new data was released on an experimental basis, and is shown in the accompanying charts.
The better-than-expected jobs data was released just moments before Mr. Romney took the stage in South Carolina.
The yield on the November federal funds futures contract, which is an average for the month, dropped to 1.54percentt after the jobs and manufacturing data was released.
Stocks fell modestly after the latest home price data was released Wednesday morning, but the market closed essentially flat for the day.
The pound fell against other major currencies after the data was released, hitting $1.6152 against the dollar, and €1.1594 against the euro.
