Category: Notable People

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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Ethical Data Collection

Computational Statistics, Consent, Data Mining, Data Privacy, Experimental Statistics, Model Building, Transparency, Unethical Data Collection

Author: Crash Course; Publisher: ClassHook; Publication Year: N/A. The following video provides real-life examples from all different time periods and industries of unethical data collection, which is one of the largest pillars of data ethics.…
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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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Why Marketers Should Explore These 4 Emerging Technology Trends

Artificial Intelligence, Deepfake, Digital Twin of a Customer, DToCs, Identity Fraud, Marketing, Transparency

Author: Claudia Ratterman; Publisher: CMSWIRE; Publication Year: 2022; The following article describes how there are 3 emerging technologies that will transform companies’ marketing abilities. The first development is artificial intelligence (AI) software that can detect…
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Synthetic Data Generation

Amazon, American Express, Data Protection, Google, Insufficient Representation, Synthetic Data, Training Data, Underrepresented Communities

Author: Christian Schitton; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how synthetic data is a less well-known area of data science. Synthetic data addresses issues of insufficient representation in data. For example, models…
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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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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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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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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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