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[…] violation of Google’s Gmail privacy policy and the Safe Harbor agreement. T he FTC als o argued that the privacy controls Google implemented did not work as promised. FTC alleged that Google had engaged in an unfair or deceptive trade practice, in violation of section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The settlement […]

[…] (LexisNexis 2007); Utah, U TAH CODE ANN . § 13-44-202 (LexisNexis 2008); Vermont, V T. S TAT . A NN . tit. 9, § 2435 (LexisNexis 2007); Virginia, V A. C ODE ANN . § 18.2-186.6 (LexisNexis 2008); Washington, W ASH . R EV . C ODE ANN . § 19.255.010 (LexisNexis 2008); West […]

Word Count: ____ Big Da ta Sustainability An Environmental Management Systems Analogy Dennis D. Hirsch * Jonathan H. King ** Introduction It is commonly proclaimed that ” big data is the new oil.” 1 This is true in the sense that data, like oil, constitutes a critical and therefore valuable resource on which our society […]

The Deidentification Dilemma:  A Legislative and Contractual Proposal  Robert Gellman 1  Version 2.4  July 12, 2010      Abstract     Deidentification is one method for protecting priva cy while permitting other uses  of personal information.  However, deidentified dat a is often still capable of being  reidentified.  The main purpose of this article is  to offer a legislative-based  contractual solution for the sharing of deidentifie d personal information while  providing protections for privacy.  The legislative  framework allows a data  discloser and a data recipient to enter into a volu ntary contract that defines  responsibilities and offers remedies to aggrieved i ndividuals.     Introduction       The goal of protecting the privacy interests of in dividuals often conflicts with ever- increasing demands for use of personal data to achi eve potentially beneficial objectives in public  health, law enforcement, national security, anti-te rrorism, fraud prevention, and research in  different fields of study.  Conflicts over privacy  can be reduced, moderated, and balanced in  various ways.       Deidentification – the removal of identifiers from  personal information used or disclosed  for purposes unrelated to the purpose for which the  information was originally obtained – is one  method for protecting privacy while permitting othe r uses of personal information.  However,  deidentification does not always make it impossible  to reidentify individuals.  Reidentification is  the linkage of deidentified personal information wi th an overt identifier belonging or assigned to  any living or dead individual.       It is a premise of this article that statistical,  encryption, or other mathematical approaches  to deidentification that protect privacy will not p rovide solutions that will address every type of  […]

[…] invest now. A survey of the literature on RFID in hospitals verifies this. As early as 2004, Agility Healthcare Solutions made a five year pact with three Virginia hospitals to track mobile hospital equipment. In one of these hospitals (Bon Secour s), it was estimated that a positive return on investment would be obtained […]

!1!Beyond’IRBs:’Ethical’Guidelines’for’Data’Research”’Omer%Tene%and%Jules%Polonetsky%*%!!The! ethical! framework! applying! to! human! subject! research! in! the! biomedical! and!behavioral! research! fields! dates! back! to! the! Belmont! Report.1!Drafted! in! 1976! and!adopted!by!the!United!States!government!in1991!as!the!Common!Rule,2!the!Belmont!principles! were! geared! towards!a! paradigmatic! controlled! scientific! experiment!with!a! limited! population!of! human! subjects! interacting! directly! with!researchers!and!manifesting!their! informed! consent.! These! days,! researchers! in! academic!institutions! as! well! as! private! sector! businesses! not! subject! to! the! Common! […]

!1!Beyond’IRBs:’Ethical’Guidelines’for’Data’Research”’Omer%Tene%and%Jules%Polonetsky%*%!!The! ethical! framework! applying! to! human! subject! research! in! the! biomedical! and!behavioral! research! fields! dates! back! to! the! Belmont! Report.1!Drafted! in! 1976! and!adopted!by!the!United!States!government!in1991!as!the!Common!Rule,2!the!Belmont!principles! were! geared! towards!a! paradigmatic! controlled! scientific! experiment!with!a! limited! population!of! human! subjects! interacting! directly! with!researchers!and!manifesting!their! informed! consent.! These! days,! researchers! in! academic!institutions! as! well! as! private! sector! businesses! not! subject! to! the! Common! […]

Selected Issues Concerning the Ethical Use of Big Data Health Analytics I. Introduction a. Big Data Generally T he terms Big Data and Big Data analytics originally derive from the terms artificial intelligence, business intelligence , and business analytics ; terms used in the 1950s, 1990s, and 2000s, respectively . 1 Although some argue that […]

Privacy: The New Generations Omer Tene* Privacy law in general, and informational privacy in particular, have always been closely linked to techno- logical development. In their seminal 1890 article ‘The Right to Privacy’, Warren and Brandeis lament the ‘[i]nstantaneous photographs and newspaper enterprise [that] have invaded the sacred precincts of private and domestic life; and […]

[…] C. (2002). Ethical decision -making and Internet research. Association of Internet Researchers. Retrieved from http://aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf Felzmann, H. (2013). Ethical Issues in Internet Research: International Good Practice and Irish Research Ethics Documents. Research -publishing.net. Retrieved from http://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/xmlui/handle/10379/3844 Hargittai, E. (2015). Is Bigger Always Better? Potential Biases of Big Data Derived from Social Network Sites. The […]