Author: N/A; Publisher: United Nations News; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) development is especially problematic for countries where governments do not have the ability to effectively regulate consumer privacy or misinformation. International AI regulation will probably be necessary to curb the problem. Social media companies are incentivized to supply…
Author: Sebastian Klovig Skelton; Publisher: Computer Weekly; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how LexisNexis, a U.S. data broker, is being sued for allegedly violated consumer privacy and protection rights in Illinois. Essentially, they are aggregating people’s personal information onto their platform where access can be purchased by third parties. This information is both public and non-public, and the…
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. The overarching ethical dilemma for Amazon is that consumers, as stakeholders of the company, want a personalized experience when using a smart home device without all of the privacy…
Author: Pam Greenberg; Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how we often hear that legislators need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), and this is a summary of 2022 initiatives by state legislators on consumer and data privacy. 5 states (Utah, Connecticut, California, Illinois and Virginia) have comprehensive consumer privacy laws, and very little of the proposed legislation has been…
Author: Michael Peralta; Publisher: iab. Tech Lab; Publication Year: 2022. The following article emphasizes the importance of ethical data collection and utilization in marketing, in addition to providing a set of principles to be followed when sourcing data for marketing purposes. Peralta argues that, while first-party data is often ethically sourced, third-party data (which is essentially obtained from an organization…
Author: Kylie Ying; Publisher: freeCodeCamp; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how the notion of informed consent quickly fades in a business setting, where it may be in fine print or even without our knowledge. Consumers are often unaware of how their data is being used or may be used in the future. This also applies to privacy within the data as ways of reidentifying individuals are being…
Author: Jerin Michael; Publisher: Growth Animals; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how there are 5 main ethical issues to look for when it comes to online marketing. The first is consumer privacy. Using online tracking, search engines are able to gather information about people and use that information to sell products and advertise to certain people that have shown interest in similar products. The…