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Data (Mis-)use (cont)

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  • Respect privacy
    • Store only the minimum amount of personal information necessary
    • Prevent re-identification of anonymised data
  • Carefully analyse the consequences of data aggregation
  • Access data only when authorised or compelled by the public good
    • Whistleblower Manning's disclosing of classified military data to Wikileaks (2010-11)
    • Paradise papers that disclosed offshore investments (2017)
Source: ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct