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This chapter discusses ethics and privacy where professional ethics are a code of conduct that governs how members of a profession deal with each other and with third parties. It expresses ideals of human behaviour, and the fundamental values of the organization, and is an indication of its professionalism. Privacy is defined as “the right to be left alone”, and specifies there should be no intrusion upon seclusion, and no public disclosure of private facts or false information.
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Big data involves combining data from lots of sources such as bar codes, cctv, shopping data, drivers license, and so on.
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Facebook was fined $5 billion in 2019 for deceptive and unfair trade practices related to Facebook’s user interface.
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O’Regan, G. (2022). Ethics and Privacy. In: Concise Guide to Software Engineering. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07816-3_9
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