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Elias, Peter (2014) A European perspective on research and big data analysis. In: Lane, Julia and Stodden, Victoria and Bende, Stefan and Nissenbaum, Helen, (eds.) Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 173-191. ISBN 9781107067356
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107590205
Abstract
Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analysed. Pragmatic purposes abound, including selling goods and services, winning political campaigns, and identifying possible terrorists. Yet 'big data' can also be harnessed to serve the public good: scientists can use big data to do research that improves the lives of human beings, improves government services, and reduces taxpayer costs. In order to achieve this goal, researchers must have access to this data - raising important privacy questions. What are the ethical and legal requirements? What are the rules of engagement? What are the best ways to provide access while also protecting confidentiality? Are there reasonable mechanisms to compensate citizens for privacy loss? The goal of this book is to answer some of these questions. The book's authors paint an intellectual landscape that includes legal, economic, and statistical frameworks. The authors also identify new practical approaches that simultaneously maximize the utility of data access while minimizing information risk.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) K Law [LC] > KJ-KKZ European law |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Privacy, Right of -- European Union, Research -- Moral and ethical aspects, Big data -- Social aspects, Common good | ||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
| Place of Publication: | New York | ||||
| ISBN: | 9781107067356 | ||||
| Book Title: | Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good | ||||
| Editor: | Lane, Julia and Stodden, Victoria and Bende, Stefan and Nissenbaum, Helen | ||||
| Official Date: | July 2014 | ||||
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| Number of Pages: | 322 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 173-191 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781107590205 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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