The possibilities of Big Data are enormous, but moving into the Big Data era carelessly will have massive ethical and privacy impacts. We should master the technology and not the other way around. The goal is to develop better ways how to use the unprecedented computing power to our advantage without intruding on our privacy or ethical standards. In this post I would like to … [Read more...] about Big Data Ethics: 4 Guidelines To Follow By Organisations
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Big Data Becomes Big Brother; Will Privacy Be The First Casualty Of Big Data?
The Data Detention Directive of the EU in 2006 states that all telecom and internet service organisations need to store any data of their customers for a minimum of six months to a maximum of two years. Who calls whom, who sends whom a text message, who sends whom an email, which websites are visited or which apps are used and where you are. They know where you sleep. They know … [Read more...] about Big Data Becomes Big Brother; Will Privacy Be The First Casualty Of Big Data?
The Re-Identification Of Anonymous People With Big Data
The process of re-identifying individuals refers to using anonymized data to find individuals in public datasets. In order to re-identify individuals in large datasets, all you need is a laptop, an internet connection and public datasets and you can start digging for personal identifiable information (PII) hidden in the dataset. It looks simple; it is difficult but not … [Read more...] about The Re-Identification Of Anonymous People With Big Data
Big Data Ownership – Who Owns Your Data?
The digital universe is expanding at a rate of 1 exabyte per day (that is the equivalent of 250 million DVDs!) and we are all responsible for this growth. Apart from the data that is not made publicly available, every day we like, we tweet, we comment, we share, we blog and we publish information on the web. We do this via our smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer and quite … [Read more...] about Big Data Ownership – Who Owns Your Data?
What is The Effect Of Big Data On Your Privacy?
With every new disruptive technology comes new issues and with Big Data comes privacy issues. As more and more data is collected, stored and analysed by companies, organisations, consumers and governments it is important to have specific Big Data privacy regulations organised; Big Data brings big responsibility. More and more consumers and organisations are getting aware of Big … [Read more...] about What is The Effect Of Big Data On Your Privacy?
