Big data and data sharing: ethical issues

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data and data sharing: ethical issuesUK data Service Big data and data sharing: ethical issuesAuthor: UK data Service Updated: February 2017 Version: 1 We are happy for our materials to be used and copied but request that users should: link to our original materials instead of re-mounting our materials on your website cite this an original source as follows:Libby Bishop (2017). Big data and data sharing: ethical issues . UK data Service, UK data Archive. 2UK data Service Big data and data sharing: ethical issues Contents What are research ethics? 3What makes research ethics for social research with big data different? 3What are the principal ethical issues in social research with big data ? 4Privacy 4Informed consent 4De-identification 5Inequality digital divide 5Research integrity 5Emerging issues 6Example Informed consent to publish Tweets 6Background to the research question 6Issues, constraints and decisions 6Outcomes 7Legal disclaimer 7Resources 7Anonymisation 7Genre specific 7References 8About Libby Bishop 93 UK data Service Big data and data sharing: ethical issuesThis a brief introdu

the ECHR has been implemented through the Human Rights Act 1998 , with protection of personal data provided by the Data Protection Act 1998 . The privacy of research subjects can be protected by a combination of approaches : limiting what data are collected ; altering data to be less disclosive; and regulating access to data.

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