Author: Thomas Walle
Publisher: Fobers
Publication Year: 2020
Summary: The following article is particularly insightful as it shows the difference between data privacy and data ethics, even though folks have a tendency to use the terms somewhat interchangeably. The article starts by introducing the idea of data privacy and the data privacy legislation that is being passed. The author then states that data privacy is fairly straight-forward; abide by the data privacy laws and you’ve checked the box for data privacy. What is more complicated, however is the issue of data ethics. The author then states the immense responsibility that these companies take on by having this data. This is due to the fact that the applications of insights found in this data has a wide-ranging effect. The article then states a set of ethical guidelines that could be instituted at a given company. They are, in order, define your guidelines, assign an ethics committee, and bring edge cases up for discussion.
