Big Data

Big Data Ethics and Politics: Toward New Understandings

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Author: Wenhong Chen, Anabel Quan-Haase; Publisher: Social Science Computer Review; Publication Year: 2018. The following article addresses new issues created by big data, such as biases, subjectivities, and forms of oppression. They define 4 major aspects of big data ethics and politics: 1). Potential biases in big data collection and interpretation, 2). Community and citizen concerns of big data (mis)use in public life and for journalistic purposes, 3). Media…

An Ethics Framework for Big Data in Health and Research

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Author: Vicki Xafis, G. Owen Schaefer, Markus K. Labude, Iain Brassington, Angela Ballantyne, Hannah Yeefen Lim, Wendy Lipworth, Tamra Lysaght, Cameron Stewart, Shirley Sun, Graeme T. Laurie & E Shyong Tai; Publisher: Asian Bioethics Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following paper sets out an Ethics Framework for Big Data in Health and Research developed by a working group convened by the Science, Health and Policy-relevant Ethics in Singapore (SHAPES) Initiative. It presents the aim and rationale for this framework supported by the underlying ethical concerns that relate to all health and research contexts…

Big Data Ethics Recommendations for the Insurance Industry

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Author: Christian Mottas; Publisher: University of Zurich; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how insurers should not use data that is not related to the insured risk because such behavior will damage the customer’s trust in the insurance industry. Regulators should implement provisions specific to the insurance industry to deter unwanted forms of personalization using Big Data…

The Human Insights Missing from Big Data

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Author: Tricia Wang; Publisher: TED; Publication Year: N/A. In the following video, Wang suggests that insight through an emotional lens often eludes big-data findings. Wang explains that while big data is important, the subsequent decisions made with it are better when paired with thick data. Thick data refers to “stories and interactions that cannot be quantified” and help you understand the human…

Op-Ed: Big Data Analytics in Healthcare is All About Ethics

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Author: Tim Sandle; Publisher: Digital Journal; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses the need for change in healthcare data. Ethics should be more of a priority for healthcare organizations. The author argues that privacy is not currently being taken seriously enough, and there should be more regulations that healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations must follow. Many countries have laws…

Big Data, Financial Services and Privacy

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Author: N/A; Publisher: The Economist; Publication Year: 2017. The following article discusses how bankers and insurers are using big data to better target customers and offering more personalized service. However, regulation and ethic code should be applied to them. Also, critics fear too much data-crunching could actually increase financial exclusion. The riskiest customers, and those offline, might be…

The Ethical Data Dilemma: Why Ethics Will Separate Data Privacy Leaders From Followers

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Author: Stephen Ritter; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2020. The following article talks about the current period in 2020, when enterprises around the world have unprecedented, nearly unfiltered access to consumers’ personal data, businesses are facing a new kind of question: What responsibility — legal and, just as importantly, ethical — do they have to protect the data they collect and use? What matters is…

Data Responsibility: Using Corporate Data to Improve Our Lives

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Author: Stefaan Verhulst; Publisher: TEDx Talks; Publication Year: 2017. The following talk opens with a story on how big data collected by corporations have been essential in disaster relief, and how this could be just the beginning. He ultimately argues that we need a new kind of data responsibility, advocating for 3 pillars in this new paradigm: a duty to share, a duty to protect, and a responsiveness to actually act upon the…

Big Data Ethics: Weaving ethics into the fabric of Big Data

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Author: Sahana Rajan; Publisher: Suyati; Publication Year: 2015. The following article discusses how as big data becomes more common, what are the boundaries of data ethics? Intricate data processing can open up the possibility of gaining access to private data. We are influenced daily by big data through personalized advertisements. We need to redefine the boundaries of data accessibility. Every time we click…

Big Data Ethics and 10 Controversial Data Science Experiments

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Author: Sabrina Dominguez; Publisher: Data Science Dojo; Publication Year: 2018. In the following article, Sabrina Dominguez summarizes 10 controversial data science projects involving big data. She looks at these examples through a business lens, with the goal of effectively marketing to customers. Even when trying to make a profit however, data ethics must still be considered. Big data has the opportunity to change lives…