Tag: Personal Data

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

Ethical Data Usage, Ethical Risks, Personal Data

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…
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Vietnam has Major Data Leak Problem, Citizens Suffer

Information Leak, Personal Data, Personal Information, Scam Calls, Vietnam

Author: Luu Quy; Publisher: VN Express International; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how in Vietnam, a random person could receive hundreds of scam calls. The leakage of personal information is affecting normal life…
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The Ethics of Data Science

Automation, Data Citizens, Decision-Making, Human Impact, Ledgers, Machine Intelligence, Micro-Targeting, Personal Data, Private Data

Author: Lee Schlenker; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2019. The following article introduces the concept of data science by first stating the importance and the reach that data scientists have in the world. Data scientists help…
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Fear, Uncertainty, and Period Trackers

Abortion, Data Confidentiality, Digital Evidence, Electronic Data, Federal Health Privacy Law, Period Trackers, Personal Data, Third-Party

Author: Kendra Albert; Publisher: Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University; Publication Year: 2022. The following article talks about the uncertainty surrounding period trackers, and breaks down the fears behind ethical and privacy…
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Data privacy concerns make the post-Roe era uncharted territory

Data Collection, Data Usage, Law Enforcement, Personal Data, Private Data, Roe v. Wade, Surveillance

Author: Juliana Kim; Publisher: National Public Radio; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the role of data in the post-Roe vs. Wade legal framework. Several states have limited or banned abortion since the Supreme…
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How to Implement an Actionable Data Ethics Framework

Data Collection, Data Maintenance, Personal Data, Privacy Policies

Author: John Story; Publisher: TechCrunch+; Publication Year: 2021. The following resource provides ideas on how to incorporate proper data ethics policies into everyday businesses. A key idea in this framework is what the author calls…
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Mining Social Media Data: How are Research Sponsors and Researchers Addressing the Ethical Challenges?

Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Data Collection, Data Mining, Personal Data, Social Media, Transparency, Trump

Author: Joanna Taylor, Claudia Pagliari; Publisher: SAGE Journals; Publication Year: 2017. The following article explores the ways data is being mined on social media platforms. Data representing people’s behavior, attitudes, feelings, and relationships are being…
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Be Afraid: Executives Warn About Personal Data Harvesting and Use

Data Usage, Personal Data, Personal Information

Author: Jeremy Kahn; Publisher: Fortune; Publication Year: 2021. The following article details how many companies we know are willingly using personal data that they should not be ethically allowed to but are able to in…
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Op-Ed: The Role of Ethics in Data-Driven Policymaking

Data Generation, Data Misuse, Data Security, Decision-Making, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Personal Data, Policymakers, Public Policy, Racial Data, Stanford Prison Experiment, Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Vulnerable Populations

Author: Jenna Shelton; Publisher: Brief Policy Perspectives; Publication Year: 2019. The following article is an opinion piece about the need for policymakers to use data ethically. The author points out that data can help inform…
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