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
- Privacy issues raised in this excellent article by Technology Review.
Step 6 - Worksheet and Practice (yet to be added)
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