Imperial College London
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ProfessorDavidHand

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics

Senior Research Investigator
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 2843d.j.hand CV

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Agnieszka Damasiewicz Niccolai +44 (0)20 7594 2843

 
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Location

 

547Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Hand:2018:10.1089/big.2018.0083,
author = {Hand, DJ},
doi = {10.1089/big.2018.0083},
journal = {Big Data},
pages = {176--190},
title = {Aspects of data ethics in a changing world: Where are we now?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/big.2018.0083},
volume = {6},
year = {2018}
}
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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - Ready data availability, cheap storage capacity, and powerful tools for extracting information from data have the potential to significantly enhance the human condition. However, as with all advanced technologies, this comes with the potential for misuse. Ethical oversight and constraints are needed to ensure that an appropriate balance is reached. Ethical issues involving data may be more challenging than the ethical challenges of some other advanced technologies partly because data and data science are ubiquitous, having the potential to impact all aspects of life, and partly because of their intrinsic complexity. We explore the nature of data, personal data, data ownership, consent and purpose of use, trustworthiness of data as well as of algorithms and of those using the data, and matters of privacy and confidentiality. A checklist is given of topics that need to be considered.
AU  - Hand,DJ
DO  - 10.1089/big.2018.0083
EP  - 190
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 2167-6461
SP  - 176
TI  - Aspects of data ethics in a changing world: Where are we now?
T2  - Big Data
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/big.2018.0083
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/63421
VL  - 6
ER  -
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