Personal Data

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…

Big Tech and Data Ethics

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Author: Sam Gilbert; Publisher: Bennett Institute of Public Policy, Cambridge; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses the following topics with respect big tech companies: privacy and surveillance; bias; discrimination; and injustice in algorithmic decisioning; encoding of ethical assumptions in autonomous vehicle systems; artificial general intelligence as an existential risk to humanity; software user interface design as an…

Scientific Research and Big Data

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Author: N/A; Publisher: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Publication Year: 2020. The following resource is primarily focused on the way that big data and machine learning algorithms has changed the process of knowledge generation. At the end it explores the ethical constraints that arise from these developments. Aside from the usual concerns about discrimination, the article highlights the enormous incentives that…

Good Practice Principles for Data Ethics in the Public Sector

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Author: N/A; Publisher: OECD; Publication Year: N/A. The following document introduces 10 Good Practice Principles for Data Ethics in the Public Sector, including a set of specific actions which can support their implementation: 1). Manage data with integrity; 2). Be aware of and observe relevant government-wide arrangements for trustworthy data access, sharing and use; 3). Incorporate data ethical…

Data Ownership in Individual Sports: Narrative Review

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Author: Nuno Fonseca, Mario C. Marques, Dulce Esteves; Publisher: Journal of Physical Education and Sport; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how the massive use and consumption of the digital age, combined with constant technological advances, has silently allowed the collection and excessive use of each person’s personal data. When extrapolated by science and applied to sport, they can respond to the challenges of the actors/members, but the…

Big Data Phenotyping in Rare Diseases: Some Ethical Issues

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Author: Nina Hallowell, Michael Parker, Christoffer Nellåker; Publisher: Genetics in Medicine; Publication Year: 2018. The following article discusses how computational phenotyping (using machine learning algorithms [MLAs] to analyze photographic images) has improved healthcare experience for rare disease patients and facilitated the research for clinical geneticists. Although there are many benefits and beneficiaries of computational phenotyping, its use…

Is Amazon Alexa Invading Privacy? Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma

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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…

LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years

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Author: Natasha Singer; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a new study that analyzed the data of nearly 20 million LinkedIn users over a 5-year period revealed that acquaintances, rather than close friends, may be more helpful in the job search process. The study, which was carried out by researchers from LinkedIn, Harvard Business School and the Massachusetts Institute of…

The Ethics of Collecting Consumer Data

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Author: N/A; Publisher: MetaRouter; Publication Year: N/A. The following article talks about instances wherein eye-catching articles featuring titles like “28 Ways Your Privacy is Invaded Every Day” or “What Your Fitness App Knows About You” might lead some people to believe that the collection and processing of personal data is downright unethical, even within legal confines. The majority is composed of…

Ethical Data Analytics II – Incorporate Ethics Into the Design of Data Projects

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Author: Mando Rotman, Tom Jongen, Floor Komen; Publisher: IG&H; Publication Year: N/A. The following tool is an Ethical Risk Quick Scan for helping clients assess the ethical risks of their data. The following questions are asked during the Quick Scan: 1). Vulnerable people impacted; 2). Number of people impacted large; 3). Matters of life affected; 4). Influencing personal behavior; 5). No, or slow, feedback loop; 6). No human in…