Big Data Ethics

Author: Jonny Robinson; Publisher: Hurree; Publication Year: 2021. The following article/infographic goes over 5 main topics when it comes to ethics around big data: informed consent, privacy, ownership, algorithms/objectivity, and the big data divide. They define big data ethics as “outlining, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong practice when it comes to the use of data.” The infographic…

The Ethics of Big Data: Current and Foreseeable Issues in Biomedical Contexts

Author: Brent Daniel Mittelstadt, Luciano Floridi; Publisher: The Ethics of Biomedical Big Data; Publication Year: 2016. The following article pays particular attention to biomedical Big Data due to the inherent sensitivity of medical information. 5 key areas of concern are identified: 1). informed consent; 2). privacy (including anonymization and data protection); 3). ownership; 4). epistemology and objectivity; and 5). ‘Big Data Divides’…