Data Ethics

Question 1

What are ethics?

Answer 1

Ethics = Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the way in which they conduct an activity.

• Guide us to make best choices that contribute towards common goal of all.

Question 2

What are digital ethics?

Answer 2

Digital Ethics = How one should handle data and new technology in a responsible manner.

• Goes beyond the questions of what is within legal boundaries.

Question 3

What are ethics of Data?

Answer 3

• How we generate, record, use and share data in a responsible manner.

Question 4

What are ethics of Algorithms?

Answer 4

• How we interpret data via A.I., machine learning and robots.

Question 5

What are ethics of Practice?

Answer 5

• Devising responsible innovation and professional codes to guide science.

Question 6

What are the 5 principles of Data Ethics?

Answer 6

1. Ownership.
2. Transparent.
3. Privacy.
4. Intention.
5. Outcomes.

Question 7

What is Ownership in principles of data ethics?

Answer 7

Each person has ownership over their data, and it is unethical to collect someone’s personal data without their consent.

Question 8

What is Transparency in principles of data ethics?

Answer 8

People have the right to know how you plan to collect, store and use their data (e.g. accepting or declining cookies).

Question 9

What is Privacy in principles of data ethics?

Answer 9

With Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data you have collected, don’t publish it without consent.

• Popular approaches to privacy include De-identification or data security.

Question 10

What is Intention in principles of data ethics?

Answer 10

What are your intentions with the data?

• Why do you need the data?
• What will you gain from it?
• What changes you’ll be able to make after analysis?

Question 11

What is Outcomes in principles of data ethics?

Answer 11

• Even when the intentions of data are good, the outcomes of data analysis can cause inadvertent harm to individuals or groups of people (DISPARATE IMPACT).