ITM 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Information Broker, Chicago Police Department, Free Moral Agents

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Bharat Shah

Document Summary

The dark side of big data: organizations today are furiously mining big data, looking for ways to benefit from this technology. But there"s a dark side to big data, and it has to do with privacy. We can now collect or analyze data on a much larger scale than ever before and use what we have learned about individuals in ways that may be harmful to them: the following are some examples. Police department sent uniformed officers to make custom notification visits to individuals especially gang members whom a computer system had identified as likely to commit a crime in the future. However, some of the criteria for lower auto insurance rates are considered discriminatory: computerized hiring more and more companies are turning to computerized systems to filter and hire job applicants, especially for lower-wage, service-sector jobs. These data brokers now sell reports that specifically highlight and target financially vulnerable individuals.