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.

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 th...

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Other Authors:	Lane, Julia I. (Editor), Stodden, Victoria (Editor), Bender, Stefan (Editor), Nissenbaum, Helen, 1954- (Editor)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Text in English.
Published:	New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Privacy, Right of. Research > Moral and ethical aspects. Big data > Social aspects. Common good.
Physical Description:	xix, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book