TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lane,Julia I.
TI  - Privacy, big data, and the public good: frameworks for engagement 
SN  - 9781107590205 (ebook)
AV  - JC596 .P747 2014
U1  - 323.44/8 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Privacy, Right of
KW  - Research
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Big data
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Common good
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107590205
ER  -