Data collection : use and misuse

Personal Data is collected by many organisations in many countries ranging from government agencies to free email services to ride hailing companies and social media networks. Although data collection is necessary and beneficial to users, the personal data collected has been misused. In a keynote ad...

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Main Authors: Lim, Jessica, Ng, Kah Hwa
Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-935752019-12-06T18:41:46Z Data collection : use and misuse Lim, Jessica Ng, Kah Hwa School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Proceedings of TISSS 2019 Personal Data Collection Remedies Social sciences Personal Data is collected by many organisations in many countries ranging from government agencies to free email services to ride hailing companies and social media networks. Although data collection is necessary and beneficial to users, the personal data collected has been misused. In a keynote address at a privacy conference in Brussels in October 2018, the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook highlighted the issue on how personal data collected from users is synthesized, traded and sold. The information obtained is “weaponized against us with military efficiency.” He views the impact on users as surveillance and unsettling and not to be sugarcoated. Possible remedies will be suggested to curb personal data misuse and data breaches will be discussed. Accepted version 2019-09-16T02:05:44Z 2019-12-06T18:41:46Z 2019-09-16T02:05:44Z 2019-12-06T18:41:46Z 2019 Conference Paper Lim, J., & Ng, K. H. (2019). Data collection : use and misuse. Proceedings of TISSS 2019, 256-264. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93575 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49933 en © 2019 TISS. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Proceedings of TISSS 2019 and is made available with permission of TISS. 9 p. application/pdf
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Remedies
Social sciences
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Remedies
Social sciences
Lim, Jessica
Ng, Kah Hwa
Data collection : use and misuse
description Personal Data is collected by many organisations in many countries ranging from government agencies to free email services to ride hailing companies and social media networks. Although data collection is necessary and beneficial to users, the personal data collected has been misused. In a keynote address at a privacy conference in Brussels in October 2018, the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook highlighted the issue on how personal data collected from users is synthesized, traded and sold. The information obtained is “weaponized against us with military efficiency.” He views the impact on users as surveillance and unsettling and not to be sugarcoated. Possible remedies will be suggested to curb personal data misuse and data breaches will be discussed.
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