Data Ethics

There are a variety of topics to take into consideration when looking at large scale data ethics. Concerns surrounding privacy, ownership, and regulations frequently come up in the context of businesses harvesting large sets of data. This is complicated further when the data concerns people more directly.

Resources on this page will give some insight into regulations surrounding various forms of data in addition to the conversation as it stands concerning ethics in data. It is always good to keep in mind the views on ethics in data are often culturally tied as some nations have more strict policies and regulations in place concerning data oriented issues (such as the EU).

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Ethics of Data and Analytics: Concepts and Cases
A survey style book providing information various data ethics issues facing the business world today alongside illustrative cases exemplifying the real world implications of these issues.
Data Privacy In America
Summary report by the United States senate showing the current landscape of data privacy protection regulations in the United States.
Health Information Privacy Law
Documentations concerning United States regulations surrounding health information privacy.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Full text of the European Unions regulation surrounding data.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
This database provides access to scholarly publications ranging topics concerning the concept of information. Searches here such as "big data" AND ethics, or data AND privacy may yield interesting results pulling together the current scholarly conversation on the topic. Consider looking up related topics such as surveillance as well.
Business Source Complete
With a similar search strategy to that described for Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, you can turn up a lot of coverage of data ethics from a more business centered perspective.

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