Syllabus Detail

  • Ethics of data warehouses, data marts and data mining  12 ATAR

 

We have all this data available. How might that affect us?

  • Privacy is the biggest issue.
  • Google and Facebook have 'mountains' of data - yes in data warehouses.
  • They are interested in buying trends in individuals, such as you.
  • Then they can provide the best ads to present to you.
  •  Is there a cost for this?
  • Are you happy knowing that there is volumes of information about you, available on the web?
  • Is this data available to others? YES.
  • What can you do about it?
    • Use the internet in a secure way.
    • Change privacy and security settings 

Further Research

  1. Privacy issues raised in this excellent article by Technology Review.

 

Step 6 - Worksheet and Practice (yet to be added)

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