Tag: Amazon
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‘Millions of People’s Data is at Risk’ — Amazon Insiders Sound Alarm Over Security
Author: Vincent Manancourt; Publisher: Politico; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how last year, one European Union employee and 2 U.S. employees acted as whistleblowers on Amazon’s mishandling of customer data. For example, the…
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Algorithmic Bias Explained
Author: N/A; Publisher: TRT World; Publication Year: 2018. The following video discusses how because algorithms are written by humans, they are not any more objective than we are. Some examples of algorithmic bias include: Amazon’s…
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Ethical Data Analytics — What Every Business Needs to Know
Amazon, Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Customer Data, Facebook, Google, Hiring, Image Recognition, Microsoft, Tay, TwitterAuthor: Tom Jongen; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how if any company uses customer data to make customer-facing decisions, there are ethical issues that need to be considered. Also, it asks…
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A New Study Finds a Potential Risk with Self-Driving Cars: Failure to Detect Dark-Skinned Pedestrians
Author: Sigal Samuel; Publisher: Vox; Publication Year: 2019. The following article talks about the self-driving Uber cars. It points to a very important ethical issue in data science i.e. the issue that self-driving Uber cars…
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Is Amazon Alexa Invading Privacy? Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma
Author: Nils Backe; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2018. The following article discusses how the majority of consumers are still wary of the risk factors weighing into using a smart home device, particularly an Amazon Echo.…