28 Apr
Posted by whyhello as Database, Integrity, IT Systems, ITGS, People and Machines, Privacy, Security
Databases Social and Ethical Implications and Discussion
Databases! Public Databases! Oh no!
Security and Integrity affect databases in general, as the databases all depend on accurate data. The most up-to-date data could be the difference between having to spend time in jail – or not. Duplicate names, lack of updating, are just some reasons why databases that store thousands of records can cause such mayhem.
The databases in this blog post are all public – anyone and everyone can retrieve data from them. This may impact a company or someone’s life which could mean that their privacy is being invaded. These public databases are openly labeling companies or people and that may feel quite scare – especially if you were on there! Even though this may seem like a disadvantage, it could also be an advantage if you look at it from the other side: As the public have access to your records, they are able to apply societal pressure to maintain and upkeep society (Bruce Schneier – “Liars and Outliers”)
Stakeholders: FBI, Congressman, Public
Social impacts and ethical implications: Database was not up to date; Integrity, People and Machines,
IT System: Private Government Database
Integrity of data input and information output: Terrorist Screening Database – No-Fly list and selectee list.
Input: Personal Data of each person
Output: Cannot fly.
The problem highlighted in the article was the congressman had the same name as a potential terrorist.
This quote from Hina Shamsi summarizes this issue: “It can be very hard for people who lack resources and knowledge of the system to even begin to know how to challenge it when it is so unfair,”. She means that people who have inadequate knowledge of the database and rules that place them in it, have very little power to argue against being removed from the database.
Future steps for this database:
Information is Beautiful – Worlds Biggest Data Breaches
Stakeholders (Healthcare): Government and public, bank (if finance was involved)
Stakeholders (Airlines): Airlines, public, banks
Large Volume of people have been affected due to breaches in the system.
Social impacts and ethical implications: People and Machines, Security, Privacy, Reliability
IT system: Private Health and Airline Databases
Input: Patient Data; Passenger Data
Output: Patient Data; Passenger Data
Future steps for this database:
Land Matrix Website for Low and Middle-Income Countries
Stakeholders: Companies, Nations
Social impacts and ethical implications: Privacy, Integrity, Globalization
IT system: Public Land Matrix Database showing spatial distribution of land deal locations
Input: Trade deals of each nation
Output: Number of trade deals of each nation
Future steps for this database:
Queensland Police Service Crime Website
Stakeholders: Queensland Police, Criminals and Public
Social impacts and ethical implications: Privacy, Integrity, Security
IT system: Public Police Crime Database
Input: Criminal Data such as Type of Offence and Location and Time of Day
Output: Numbers of criminals (Can be filtered by type of offence)
Future steps for this database:
North Carolina Criminal Offender Database
Stakeholders: North Carolina Police, Criminals and Public
Social impacts and ethical implications: Privacy, Integrity, Security
IT system: Public Police Crime Database (To search for specific criminals)
Input: Criminal Data such as Type of Offence and Offender Number and Race and Birth Date
Output: Numbers of criminals (Can be filtered by type of offence)
Lots of personal information needed for each criminal. This could have consequences for family related to these criminals as this could decrease their reputation publicly. An advantage is that the family that have their family member in this database, can monitor them and know what their specific sentence is, clarifying for any reasons.
Future steps for this database:
Stakeholders: American Police, Criminals (specifically sex offenders) and Public (safety)
Social impacts and ethical implications: Privacy, Integrity, Security
IT system: Public Police Crime Database (To search for specific sex offenders)
Input: Criminal Names, age, address and photo
Output: All criminals that fit search filter (Can be filtered by type location, name)
The database contains a lot of repeated names and it could have a potential of keeping names of sex offenders who have passed away or are no longer sex offenders. This could seriously affect the sex offenders as they have committed something in the past and now they are unable to erase it (unless they contact administrator), this could prohibit them from getting a job or other consequences (such as being caught again, even if they did nothing wrong). Do they have the right to have their past erased?
Future steps for this database:
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One Response
drtech
May 2nd, 2019 at 8:09 am
1Some good initial analysis – but do you really think shutting down a whole database is realistic. Could this not be placed offline and accessible only in person through a LAN – so there are still positives for certain stakeholders?
Ensuring certain policies and standards to improve integrity and security – what might these be in reality?
Are there patterns when you look through these examples that could be translated into an overall guidance policy. If so what is your ethical basis to this decision?
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