Research Catalog

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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Details

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