DeWitt Wallace Course
Privacy and Ethical Decision-Making in Our Digital Era
SCISOC 614-02, PUBPOL 614-02
Emerging technologies and data use in our digital economy affect privacy. We will evaluate the ethical issues raised when emerging tech and data use intersect with Americans’ privacy interests in a variety of current contexts: law enforcement surveillance technologies; the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic; corporate surveillance and the advertising business model; the ways in which our family, friends, and neighbors’ use of technology can affect our privacy (e.g., DNA testing, Alexa, Amazon Ring, Nest); student surveillance; sexual privacy and Section 230; algorithmic decision-making; and employment issues including hiring and monitoring. Spoiler alert: Privacy Isn’t Dead. Note: For undergrads, section 2 (614-02) is reserved for undergrad students.
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