Data insecurity leads to economic injustice – and hits the pocketbooks of the poor most
The drumbeat of data breaches and the growing problem of identity theft disproportionately harm low-income Americans.
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Small increases in radon track natural gas development with fracking in Pennsylvania
Study of Pennsylvania, which has had a surge in unconventional drilling with fracking, suggests a link between fracking and higher levels of radon.
Why teach ethnography to managers (in the big data era)?
Big data is all the rage in management circles and beyond, yet little is said about the understanding needed with such voluminous data. An important lesson can be learned from ethnographic research.
Investing in people not tools: how to fulfill the promise of ‘civic tech’
Foundation essay: This article is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in the US. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a wider look…
How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills
Local needs, political tensions and corporate power all get involved in the democratic processes by which Americans govern their communities.
Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?
Framing dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the deployment of predictive technology.
Supreme Court considers whether police can use Big Tech data to capture info from all cellphone users in a place and time
Geofencing warrants round up the location data of everyone in a specific place and time, whether or not they had any connection to a crime – a test of the Fourth Amendment in the digital age.
Think you’re reading the news for free? New research shows you’re likely paying with your privacy
Murky ethics surround the pervasive practice of news sites engaging in online tracking.
A new US data privacy bill aims to give you more control over information collected about you – and make businesses change how they handle data
Data collection is big business in the US, but a bipartisan data privacy bill rapidly moving through Congress promises to affect the information websites, social media platforms and all other businesses collect.
Solving Big Data’s big skills shortage
According to analyst firm Gartner, Big Data is at the portion of the hype cycle called the “peak of inflated expectations”. The business world is awash with all sorts of claims about the magic of Big Data…
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