Category: Privacy

Minority Report

Data Collection, Predictive Policing, Transparency

Author: Stephen Spielberg; Publisher: N/A; Publication Year: 2002. The following film starring Tom Cruise concerns a future where people are arrested by a “Pre-Crime” unit before a crime is committed. There are several biases involved…
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Why Data Ethics in Marketing is Important and What to Do About It

Building Trust, Customer Centricity, Data Integration, Data Minimization, First-Party Data, Incremental Consent, Marketing, Repeat Business, Zero-Party Data

Author: Stéphane Hamel; Publisher: Supermetrics; Publication Year: 2020. The following article explains how data ethics is still a relatively new concept. It explains why data ethics has become a major topic in marketing and explains…
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Data Ethics and Global Cultural Differences

Ethical Frameworks, European Union, Transparency

Author: Soren Juul Jorgensen; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how as individual data becomes more exploited by companies in the name of profit and advancement of humanity, Jorgensen looks at studies…
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Case Study: An Ethics Case Study of HIV Prevention Research on Facebook: The Just/Us Study

Facebook, Sexual Education Programming

Author: Sheana S. Bull, PhD, Lindsey T. Breslin, MSSW, Erin E. Wright, MA, Sandra R. Black, DVM, Deborah Levine, MA, John S. Santelli, MD; Publisher: Journal of Pediatric Psychology; Publication Year: 2011. In the following…
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Twitter Whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko Testifies to Congress

Cybersecurity, Data Misuse, Twitter, Unethical Leadership, User Privacy, Whistle-Blowing

Author: Shannon Bond, Raquel Maria Dillon; Publisher: National Public Radio; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a recent Senate hearing in which Peiter Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, testified before Congress, bringing…
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Artificial Intelligence in Education: Addressing Ethical Challenges in K-12 Settings

Algorithms, Educational Outcomes, Human Bias, K-12, Systematic Bias

Author: Selin Akgun, Christine Greenhow; Publisher: AI and Ethics; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the current and proposed uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in promoting educational outcomes for K-12 students. It asserts that,…
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Data Mining: How You’re Revealing More Than You Think

Data Mining, Target

Author: N/A; Publisher: SciShow; Publication Year: 2018. The following video describes how when many people hear the phrase “data mining,” they think that is great and it can be, but can also cause issues due…
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New Cornell Certificate Helps Create the Ethical Data Science Workplace of the Future

Algorithms, Certificate Program, Educational Certificate

Author: Sarah Thompson; Publisher: Cornell Chronicle; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how a professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Cornell recently began offering a Data Ethics online certificate program…
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WashU Experts: Facebook Controversy Raises Ethical Questions for Corporations

Consumer Data, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Ethical Dilemmas, Facebook, Values-Based Decision-Making

Author: Sara Savat; Publisher: The Source; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses the ethical dilemma that businesses are now faced with regarding the use of consumer data and tools that are built by companies…
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