Category: News Article

How Google, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente Tackle AI Bias and Thorny Data Privacy Problems

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Deidentifying Data, Health Data, Systematic Bias

Author: Dave Muoio; Publisher: Fierce Healthcare; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses health data and the problems that this data has when related to artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy. As systemic biases are built…
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The Ethics of Police Using Technology to Predict Future Crimes

Data Collection, Individual Privacy, Police Activity, Predictive Policing, Racial Bias

Author: Daniel Munro; Publisher: Maclean’s; Publication Year: 2017. The following article discusses how police agencies are using data collection techniques to perform “predictive” policing to determine where crimes are more likely to happen in the…
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How Data Privacy Leader Apple Found Itself in a Data Ethics Catastrophe

Apple, Compliance, Consumer Trust, Goldman Sachs, Personal Data

Author: Daniel Lu, Mike Loukides; Publisher: O’Reilly; Publication Year: 2020. The following article uses a terribly unsuccessful product launch between Apple and Goldman Sachs to establish the difference between compliance and ethics, show that even…
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Moving Forward On Federal Data Privacy Legislation: Why Society Should Be Full Steam Ahead

Accountability, Apple, Federal Trade Commission, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Roe v. Wade

Author: Daniel Barber; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2022. The following article considers: Why is the United States one of the only countries without a comprehensive data privacy law? Congressional gridlock and the initiative of smaller…
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What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Cyber Ethics

Cyber Ethics, Data Breach, Star Wars

Author: Dan Lohrmann; Publisher: Security InfoWatch; Publication Year: 2016. The following article attempts at relating Star Wars to cyber ethics. It relates the “Dark Side” to data breaches. It first states that sometimes, we are…
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How Does Queerness Fit Into the US Census

Data Collection, LGBTQIA+, U.S. Census

Author: Dan Bouk; Publisher: Wired; Publication Year: 2022. The following article provides what could be considered a history lesson about the U.S. Census. It touches on topics related to accurate collection of data (including measures…
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Seven North Carolina College Campuses have Secretly Tracked Social Media Posts of Students, Protesters

Active-Shooter, Drug Use, Duke University, East Carolina University, Navigate 360, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina State University, Social Media, Suicide Prevention, University of North Carolina Asheville, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University

Author: Cullen Browder; Publisher: WRAL News; Publication Year: 2022. Following news article describes how 7 North Carolina universities have used Navigate360 to track social media posts related to various campus occurrences. Most notably, UNC-Chapel Hill…
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Amazon’s $3.9 billion One Medical Acquisition is Already Raising Data Privacy Concerns

Amazon, Data Use, Healthcare, One Medical, Roe v. Wade

Author: Clint Rainey; Publisher: Fast Company; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how Amazon recently acquired One Medical, a subscription-based healthcare services company. There are concerns over what Amazon will do with the protected…
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St. Louis Cardinals Hacking Allegations Raise Ethical, Encryption Concerns, Stanford Law Expert Says

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Major League Baseball, Sports Industry, St. Louis Cardinals

Author: Clifton B. Parker; Publisher: Stanford News; Publication Year: 2015. The following article highlights the benefits and risks of data analytics in sports. In 2015, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation searching…
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