Category: 2014

As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

Consent, Facebook, Litmus Test

Author: Vindu Goel; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Year: 2014. The following article focuses on issues prompted by controversial studies by Facebook. The first, in 2014, measured how users’ emotions were impacted by an…
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How Biased Are Our Algorithms?

Artificial Intelligence, Biased AI, Racial Bias

Author: Safiya Umoja Noble; Publisher: TEDx Talks; Publication Year: 2014. The following video initially discusses how the speaker is not the same skin tone as her white mother. She then goes into discussing the cultural…
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10 Big Data Analytics Privacy Problems

Accountability, Anonymity, Data Masking, Discrimination, E-Discovery, Inaccurate Data, Misinterpretations, Privacy Breaches, Privacy Risks, Responsibility, Security

Author: Rebecca Herold; Publisher: SecureWorld; Publication Year: 2014. The following article discusses how 10 of the most significant privacy risks are: 1). Privacy breaches and embarrassments; 2). Anonymization become impossible; 3). Insufficient data masking; 4).…
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Everything You Need to Know About Facebook’s Controversial Emotion Experiment

Facebook, Moral Responsibility, News Feeds

Author: Michelle N. Meyer; Publisher: Wired; Publication Year: 2014. The following article describes how for one week in 2012, Facebook data scientists tested the effect of making News Feeds both more positive and less positive.…
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The Ethics of Collecting Data

Data Collection, IBM, Personal Autonomy, Personal Empowerment, Simplicity, Transparency

Author: Marie Wallace; Publisher: TED; Publication Year: 2014. The following video is a TED talk discussing the issue of privacy in data collection. The speaker gives an overview of the issue of privacy, how it…
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Big Data is Better Data

Big Data, Data Patterns, Data Trends, Information Storage, Machine Learning, Predictive Policing

Author: Kenneth Cukier; Publisher: TED; Publication Year: 2014. The following talk’s primary idea is that when you have more data, you can see patterns and trends than you would have if you had small amounts…
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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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Standards of Practice Handbook

Data Governance, Data Management, Regulations

Author: N/A; Publisher: The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute; Publication Year: 2014. Summary: The following handbook discusses regulation in relation to ethics of financial analysts. It covers how to keep privacy of data, to transfer…
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Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines

Academic Journals, Data Collection, Guidelines, Reproduction, Transparency

Author: N/A; Publisher: The Center for Open Science; Publication Year: 2014. The following paper addresses how the Center for Open Science’s (COS) mission is to increase the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research. Toward this…
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