This is not the most exciting piece of knowledge you may want to know. However, all universities are duty-bound to teach data ethics.

And it is not as trivial as it seems. Data governance is a very important subject for all major corporations. We need to be able to give an account on:

  • What data we are collecting?
  • How are we using the data?

Because a lawsuit could mean millions of dollars. Often, a outsourced auditing company may go through the data processes within the organization you’re working for, and you will need to be able to account to them as needed.

Also, data governance jobs is a six-figure job: https://www.talent.com/salary?job=data+governance

Students Do: Clearview AI

Let’s open up the file(s) in the 01-Stu_ClearviewAI folder to get started.

Example of legal and ethical issues from the news

  • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/09/23andme-dna-privacy-richard-branson-genetics
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/03/politics/supreme-court-cybercrime-law-case/index.html