TY - JOUR
T1 - Ensuring the ethical use of Big Data
T2 - lessons from secure data access
AU - Wiltshire, Deborah
AU - Alvanides, Seraphim
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Big data holds great potential for research and for society, large volumes of varied data can be produced and made available to researchers much faster compared to ‘traditional’ data. Whilst this potential is recognized, there are ethical concerns which users of big data must consider. With the volume and variety of information in big data, comes a greater risk of disclosure. Researchers and data access services working with highly detailed and sensitive, secure data have grappled with this for many years. The sector has developed both ethical frameworks and statistical disclosure control techniques which could be utilized by those working with big data. We discuss the challenges, present some of the frameworks and techniques and conclude with recommendations for secure data access of big data.
AB - Big data holds great potential for research and for society, large volumes of varied data can be produced and made available to researchers much faster compared to ‘traditional’ data. Whilst this potential is recognized, there are ethical concerns which users of big data must consider. With the volume and variety of information in big data, comes a greater risk of disclosure. Researchers and data access services working with highly detailed and sensitive, secure data have grappled with this for many years. The sector has developed both ethical frameworks and statistical disclosure control techniques which could be utilized by those working with big data. We discuss the challenges, present some of the frameworks and techniques and conclude with recommendations for secure data access of big data.
KW - big data
KW - secure data access
KW - statistical disclosure control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126047539&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08981
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08981
M3 - Article
C2 - 35243099
VL - 8
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
SN - 2405-8440
IS - 2
M1 - e08981
ER -