Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good: Frameworks for Engagement

Book Overview

Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analyzed. Pragmatic purposes abound, including selling goods and services, winning political campaigns, and identifying possible terrorists. Yet 'big data' can also be harnessed to serve the public good: scientists can use big data to do research that improves the lives of human beings, improves government services, and reduces taxpayer costs. In order to achieve this goal, researchers must have access...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107637686
• ISBN13: 9781107637689
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"