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Papers by Bethwell Kamau

The growth of information technology systems, the amount of data and information collected along ... more The growth of information technology systems, the amount of data and information collected along the extraordinary types of online participations and communications through the different social media blogs or platforms have increasingly been challenging the different concepts of privacy. Provided the emphasis on data stipulated in privacy matters in Big Data, it becomes imperious to focus on the ethical, social and legal concerns that surround the big data center in more depth. Recently, different strategies have been undertaken in collecting data from various sources of data, which include social media platforms, open data systems as well as potentially data that has limited access to the public like data on local crime patterns and the interpretation of different compilations of these sources of data. As a result, there have been numerous privacy concerns that have been raised and should consequently be addressed within the team project and in a consecutive manner. This report emphasizes on the ethical, social and legal features of big data whereby each of the three features include diverse dimensions that are connected to the different concerns of privacy. Privacy is not a concern that is new in the universe, even though it has over the last centuries been influenced by and co-developed with other new types of technological developments. As a result, the privacy concern has endlessly been developed with the recent developments in information technology. According to a study conducted by Louis and Samuel in 1980, the two authors sent a warning to the universe on their article thus triggering the initial national discussion regarding the legitimate right to privacy. Since time immemorial, most of the debates regarding privacy have been connected to technological enhancements. The concerns highlighted by Samuel and Louis are connected to the reproduction, publication and collection of photographs. After two centuries, through the proliferation and development of the internet, discussions about privacy and endeavors to intellectualize it have attained unparalleled momentum. Nevertheless,

The growth of information technology systems, the amount of data and information collected along ... more The growth of information technology systems, the amount of data and information collected along the extraordinary types of online participations and communications through the different social media blogs or platforms have increasingly been challenging the different concepts of privacy. Provided the emphasis on data stipulated in privacy matters in Big Data, it becomes imperious to focus on the ethical, social and legal concerns that surround the big data center in more depth. Recently, different strategies have been undertaken in collecting data from various sources of data, which include social media platforms, open data systems as well as potentially data that has limited access to the public like data on local crime patterns and the interpretation of different compilations of these sources of data. As a result, there have been numerous privacy concerns that have been raised and should consequently be addressed within the team project and in a consecutive manner. This report emphasizes on the ethical, social and legal features of big data whereby each of the three features include diverse dimensions that are connected to the different concerns of privacy. Privacy is not a concern that is new in the universe, even though it has over the last centuries been influenced by and co-developed with other new types of technological developments. As a result, the privacy concern has endlessly been developed with the recent developments in information technology. According to a study conducted by Louis and Samuel in 1980, the two authors sent a warning to the universe on their article thus triggering the initial national discussion regarding the legitimate right to privacy. Since time immemorial, most of the debates regarding privacy have been connected to technological enhancements. The concerns highlighted by Samuel and Louis are connected to the reproduction, publication and collection of photographs. After two centuries, through the proliferation and development of the internet, discussions about privacy and endeavors to intellectualize it have attained unparalleled momentum. Nevertheless,