, The Conversation; What are tech companies doing about ethical use of data? Not much
"Our relationship with tech companies has changed significantly over the past 18 months. Ongoing data breaches, and the revelations surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal, have raised concerns about who owns our data, and how it is being used and shared.
Tech companies have vowed to do better. Following his grilling by
both the US Congress and the EU Parliament, Facebook CEO, Mark
Zuckerberg, said Facebook will change the way it shares data with third party suppliers. There is some evidence that this is occurring, particularly with advertisers.
But have tech companies really changed their ways? After all, data is now a primary asset in the modern economy.
To find whether there’s been a significant realignment between
community expectations and corporate behaviour, we analysed the data
ethics principles and initiatives that various global organisations have
committed since the various scandals broke.
What we found is concerning. Some of the largest organisations have
not demonstrably altered practices, instead signing up to ethics
initiatives that are neither enforced nor enforceable."
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