Category: News Article

Fellowship Recipient Uses Data Science to Fight for LGBTQ Rights

Advocacy, Data Extraction, Discrimination, LGBTQIA+, Natural Language Processing Technology

Author: N/A; Publisher: Berkeley School of Information; Publication Year: 2019. The following article talks about how one student is using data science to better the world. Master of Information and Data Science student and 2019…
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The Houston Astros And The Ethical Use Of Data And Analytics

Cheating, Data Collection, Houston Astros

Author: Tom Davenport; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2020. The following article describes how gaining a competitive edge has been a long-time goal for teams within the sporting industry. The most well-known and recent example of…
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Google Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black Girls

Algorithms, Biased Algorithms, Black Women, Google, Search Engine

Author: Safiya Noble; Publisher: TIME Magazine; Publication Year: 2018. The following article talks about how Google’s search algorithm is biased against the Black woman. It shows and talks about the author’s own identity as a…
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Op-Ed: Big Data Analytics in Healthcare is All About Ethics

Aggregation, Big Data, Data Handling, Data Protection, Health Data

Author: Tim Sandle; Publisher: Digital Journal; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses the need for change in healthcare data. Ethics should be more of a priority for healthcare organizations. The author argues that privacy…
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The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)

Data Collection, Data Selling, Hacking, Information Leak

Author: Thorin Klosowski; Publisher: The New York Times, Wirecutter; Publication Year: 2021. The following article points out the massive amount of data that is collected on us daily by all sorts of different companies. These…
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How To Move From Data Privacy To Data Ethics

Data Privacy, Data Privacy Legislation

Author: Thomas Walle; Publisher: Fobers; Publication Year: 2020. 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…
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The Dark Side of Customer Analytics

Data Collection, Data Privacy

Author: Thomas Davenport, Jeanne Harris; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2007. The following article provides a similar flow to 5 Dysfunctions of a Team in which a scenario is first used to get important…
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Meet The ‘Ultrasonic’ Tracking Company Privacy Activists Are Terrified Of

Cross-Platform Tracking, India, SilverPush

Author: Thomas Brewster; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2015. The following article discusses how for over a year, SilverPush, an Indian firm, was secretly using inaudible sounds that would play through people’s televisions and get picked…
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How Will Self-Flying Aircraft Make Ethical Choices?

Self-Flying Aircraft, Training Data, Trolley Problem

Author: Thom Patterson; Publisher: Flying; Publication Year: 2022. The following article looked at the future of flying aircraft. Currently, companies are working on creating self-flying aircraft which could be beneficial for the future. Companies use…
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