Potential Negative Consequences IoT Devices Could Have on Consumers By Anonymous | December 4, 2018 IoT, or the Internet of Things, are devices that have the ability to collect and transmit data across the internet or other devices. The number of internet connected devices has grown rapidly among consumers. In the past, a typical person only owned a few IoT… [Read more...]

The View from The Middle By Anonymous | December 4, 2018 If you are like me, you probably spend quite a bit of time online. We read news articles online, watch videos, plan vacations, shop and much more. At the same time, we are generating data that is being used to tailor advertising to our personal preferences. Profiles constructed from… [Read more...]

The Customer Is Always Right: No Ethics in Algorithms Without Consumer Support by Matt Swan | December 4, 2018 There is a something missing in data science today: ethics. It seems like there is a new scandal everyday; more personal data leaked to any number of bad actors in the greatest quantities possible. Big Data has quickly given way to… [Read more...]

Freudian Slips by Anonymous | December 4, 2018 In the ongoing battleground in the use and abuse of personal data in the age of big data, we often see competing forces of companies wanting to create new innovation and regulators who want to enforce limits in consideration of privacy or sociological harms that could arise from unmitigated usage. Often we… [Read more...]

The Next Phase of Smart Home Tech: Ethical Implications of Google’s New Patent By Jennifer Podracky | December 4, 2018 On October 30, 2018, Google filed a new patent for an extension of their Google smart home technology, titled “SMART-AUTOMATION SYSTEM THAT SUGGESTS OR AUTOMATICALLY (sp) IMPLEMENTS SELECTED HOUSEHOLD POLICIES BASED ON SENSED OBSERVATIONS.” In summary, this patent proposes a… [Read more...]