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Data Ethics in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence, Consent, Facial Recognition Systems, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Machine Learning

Author: Saurabh Mishra; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how data is very important when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as it acts as the fuel source for…
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Ten Steps to Ethics-Based Governance of AI in Health Care

AI Bias, AI Strategy, AI Usage, Artificial Intelligence, Consent, Data Governance, Harm Avoidance, Transparency

Author: Satish Gattadahalli; Publisher: STAT; Publication Year: 2020. The following article talks about the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care which raises ethical issues that are paramount and fundamental in order to avoid…
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The Good, The Bad, and The Creepy: Why Data Scientists Need to Understand Ethics

Algorithms, Consent, Digital Footprint, Facebook, Target, Unknowables, Yahoo

Author: Jennifer Priestly; Publisher: SAS Users; Publication Year: 2018. The following article discusses how the data ecosystem is evolving. Data used to be small, structured, and static. Then it became large, unstructured, and in motion.…
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Scientists Are Just as Confused About the Ethics of Big-Data Research as You

Data Research, Ethical Boundaries, Institutional Review Boards, The Common Rule

Author: Sarah Zhang; Publisher: Wired; Publication Year: 2016. The following article discusses how ethical boundaries for data researchers are still developing as data research is still an emerging field. Under the Common Rule in the…
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New Cornell Certificate Helps Create the Ethical Data Science Workplace of the Future

Algorithms, Certificate Program, Educational Certificate

Author: Sarah Thompson; Publisher: Cornell Chronicle; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how a professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Cornell recently began offering a Data Ethics online certificate program…
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The Murky Ethics of Data Gathering in a Post-Cambridge Analytica World

Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Customer Information, European Union, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Marketing, Personal Information

Author: Sarah Steimer; Publisher: American Marketing Association; Publication Year: 2018. The following article pertains to the ethical use of customers’ information in marketing campaigns. The article starts by explaining that Cambridge Analytica hired an individual…
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Opt-in vs. Opt-out Approaches to Personal Information Processing

Data Collection, Personal Information

Author: Sarah Rippy; Publisher: The Privacy Advisor; Publication Year: 2021. The following article explains the difference between opt-in, opt-out and even a hybrid approach to data collection (opt-in being the main approach in the U.S.).…
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Amazon Shares Ring Doorbell Footage with Law Enforcement, Sometimes Without the User’s Permission

Amazon, Amazon Ring, Consent, Law Enforcement, Neighbors Public Safety Service, Surveillance

Author: Sarah Lynch; Publisher: Fast Company; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how Amazon shared Ring footage with authorities 11 times this year without the user’s knowledge or consent. While their guideline is to…
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The Moral Dilemmas Behind Developing Self-Driving Vehicles

Moral Responsibility, Self-Driving Cars

Author: Sarah Koa; Publisher: KrASIA; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how the benefits of self-driving cars range from increased mobility to efficiency and convenience. These cars can also reduce crashes, lower carbon emissions,…
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