Author: lnbressa

Study: Data Ethics is a Priority for CMOs but Half Don’t Know What That Truly Means

Chief Marketing Officers, Ethical Considerations, Terms and Conditions

Author: Chloe Tan; Publisher: Marketing-Interactive; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a study on how chief marketing officers are emphasizing that data ethics is important within their company but many do not actually know…
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Principles for the Safe and Effective use of Data and Analytics

Accountability, Data Collection, Documentation, Human Oversight, Legislation, Public Benefit

Author: N/A; Publisher: New Zealand Government; Publication Year: 2018. The following document contains a list of principles developed for the safe and effective use of data and analytics. The first principle states that any organization…
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Ethics Watchdog Bars US Government Employees from Writing Crypto Policy if Invested

Crypto, Digital Assets, Federal Workers, Legal Advisory, Office of Government Ethics

Author: Cheyenne Ligon; Publisher: Coin Desk; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a new legal advisory from the Office of Government Ethics that bars federal workers who own crypto from working on policies that…
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Indian-Origin Pixstory Ties Up with Arsenal to Promote Social Media Ethics

Algorithms, Cyberbullying, Data Collection, Hate Speech, Misinformation, Pixstory, Social Media, User Experience

Author: N/A; Publisher: Business Standard; Publication Year: 2022. The following article describes how the social media platform called Pixstory is promoting more ethical behavior on the internet. The way the platform is designed discourages misinformation…
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What’s Really Behind Those AI Art Images?

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Deepfake, Image Generation, Open Source Software

Author: Charlie Warzel; Publisher: The Atlantic; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how open source software, which generates images from text, presents two ethical conundrums. First, there is the possibility for abuse by users…
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1.5 Million Customers Impacted by Flagstar Bank Data Breach

Cybercrime, Data Breach, File Transfer Appliance, Flagstar Bank, Personal Data, Personally Identifiable Information, Security Incident

Author: Charlie Osborne; Publisher: ZDNET; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how a data breach occurred at Flagstar Bank between December 3 and December 4, 2021. The security incident caused the exposure of personal…
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Why the Ethical Use of Data and User Privacy Concerns Matter

Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Data Collection, Data Ownership, Data Privacy, Equality, Transparency

Author: Charlie Fletcher; Publisher: Venture Beat; Publication Year: 2022. The following article investigates the importance of data privacy and ethics in a world of rising cybercrime. The author argues that now more than ever, data…
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7 Revealing Ways AIs Fail

Algorithmic Bias, Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Explainability, Model Brittleness, Model Failure, Neural Network Models, Uncertainty

Author: Charles Q. Choi.; Publisher: IEEE Spectrum; Publication Year: 2021. The following article details 7 common flaws in AI models and many real-world examples of these failures. It touches particularly on neural network models, but…
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The Power of Habit

Data Collection, Ethical Data Usage, Predictive Analytics, Pregnancy, Target, Targeted Marketing

Author: Charles Duhigg; Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Publication Year: 2014. The following book discusses how in 2002, statistician Andrew Pole began working for Target as a data expert. He was tasked with making an…
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