Unregulated Data Mining Undermines Privacy Rights

Unregulated Data Mining Undermines Privacy Rights Introduction As we live our everyday lives day to day, data is being gathered from each and every one of us; often without our consent or realization. Data is being gathered constantly when we subscribe to magazines, when we use coupons, when we use our credit cards and when we browse the Internet. Following the 9/11 attacks, the government and law enforcement proposed to develop an airline traveler screening program that would consolidate these pieces of consumer data information. It was not implemented due to its controversial nature. However, privacy and civil liberty advocates are constantly questioned, â€Å"What are you afraid of? What do you have to hide? If you haven t done anything wrong, what s there to worry about?. They insinuate that data is harmless, but according to law professor, Jeffrey Rosen’s book The Unwanted Gaze, you are not your profile. These datasets can contain errors. Furthermore, data misuse and the revelation of information to strangers can lead to misjudgment , wrong conclusions and violations of privacy rights. Therefore, I will look at the topic of data mining, â€Å"a set of methodologies for extracting knowledge from datasets† (Robinson, 2015) as it relates to the balance of public interest and privacy rights. Thus, this paper will analyze the arguments of Kaplan, Al-Saggaf Islam, Bahamonde et al., McCaul Meehan and Robinson as they relate to the problem of unregulated data mining. The firstShow MoreRelatedAn Airline Traveler Screening Program2056 Words   |  9 PagesAs we live our everyday lives day to day, data is being gathered from each and every one of us; often without our consent or realization. Data is being gathered constantly when we subscribe to magazines, when we use coupons, when we use our credit cards and when we browse the Internet. Following the 9/11 attacks, the government and law enforcement proposed to develop an airline traveler screening program that would consolidate these pieces of consumer data i nformation. It was not implemented dueRead More8 Key Element for a Business Model7314 Words   |  30 Pagesoutside  investors Strong  management  team  may  not  be  able  to  salvage  a   weak  business  model,  but  should  be  able  to  change  the   model  and  redefine  the  business  as  it  becomes  necessary Slide 2-12 Insight on Business Online Grocers: Finding and Executing the Right Model g g Class Discussion Slide 2-13 Categorizing E-commerce Business Models No  one  correct  way We  categorize  business  models  according  to: We categorize business models according to: E†commerce  sector  (B2C,  B2B,  C2C) Type  of  e†commerce  technology;  i