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Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good : Frameworks for Engagement

Title
Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good : Frameworks for Engagement / edited by Julia Lane, American Institutes for Research, Washington DC, Victoria Stodden, Columbia University, Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research of the German Federal Employment Agency, Helen Nissenbaum, New York University.
Publication
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Additional Authors
  • Lane, Julia I.
  • Stodden, Victoria
  • Bender, Stefan
  • Nissenbaum, Helen, 1954-
Description
xix, 322 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analyzed. 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. -- Back cover
Subject
  • Privacy, Right of
  • Research > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Big data > Social aspects
  • Common good
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in English.
Call Number
JFE 14-5825
ISBN
  • 9781107067356 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1107067359 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781107637689 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1107637686 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2014009737
OCLC
876370806
Title
Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good : Frameworks for Engagement / edited by Julia Lane, American Institutes for Research, Washington DC, Victoria Stodden, Columbia University, Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research of the German Federal Employment Agency, Helen Nissenbaum, New York University.
Publisher
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Text in English.
Added Author
Lane, Julia I., editor.
Stodden, Victoria, editor.
Bender, Stefan, editor.
Nissenbaum, Helen, 1954- editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-5825
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