Ethical concerns in data privacy

Data ethics refer to the process of knowing what is right and wrong when dealing with data. Generally, data ethics inspect moral issues related to data. This includes generating, recording, processing, sharing and using data and algorithms. It also involves the practices which uses data including artificial intelligence, artificial agents, robots. Data privacy ensures having policies in place to safeguard the user's personal information. Data protection techniques will assist in collecting, sharing and using data in appropriate ways.

Data requires a transparent view of how data is being handled by the users. The ability to easily access and work with data regardless of where they are placed or what application created them. This is known as Data transparency. It also assures that the data that is being recorded are accurate and comes from the official source.

Data Protection Act of 1998
This act was established by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to manage the way information is being used by individuals, organisations, businesses or the government.This act protects data stored on computers or data stored manually such as paper filing systems. According to this act, Individuals have the legal right to control information about themselves. Following sections illustrates different types of rights.
 * Section 07 - To have access to the data an organisation holds on them for a reasonable fee.
 * Section 14 - A person has the right to get their information corrected if there are any errors.
 * Section 10 - Makes sure the data is not used in appropriate ways causing harm or discomfort.
 * Section 11 - Prohibits the data to be used in direct marketing purposes.

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