Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era
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Resumo: | In this article, we aim to analyze some of the current challenges posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), regarding issues of privacy and autonomy with regard to the control of personal data, through Big Data resources. Our analysis is restricted to the personal data that identifies or can identify a person, in order to put their privacy and autonomy in check. Inspired by hypotheses made by John Stuart Mill about the influence that society has on individuals, we argue that individual independence must be protected in the face of imposing, and sometimes irrational, practices that collective opinion can have on individuals. A difficulty suggested by Mill would be to identify, in practice, the limit between the person’s autonomy and social control. We argue that, even in different contexts, this difficulty not only persists in the contemporary Information Society, but is also pressing with the accelerated development of ICT, Big Data, Internet of Things and Ubiquitous Computing that make up a significant part of the lives of individuals. We admit that the possibilities presented by the ICT are, in many cases, consolidators of basic rights such as the access to information, among others; however, governmental and business surveillance and control, facilitated by the development of ICT, in turn, leads us to inquire about possible negative consequences on individual autonomy in the current Information Society. Considering the three Vs characteristic of Big Data: volume, speed, in real time, and variety (Laney, 2011), we discuss in this article positive and negative aspects of the use of Big Data resources, especially by governments and large corporations, with regard to their influence pricy and human autonomy. |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data eraPrivacidade e autonomia na era de Big DataBig Data; control; ubiquitous computing; information society; ethics.Big Data; controle; computação ubíqua; sociedade da informação; ética.In this article, we aim to analyze some of the current challenges posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), regarding issues of privacy and autonomy with regard to the control of personal data, through Big Data resources. Our analysis is restricted to the personal data that identifies or can identify a person, in order to put their privacy and autonomy in check. Inspired by hypotheses made by John Stuart Mill about the influence that society has on individuals, we argue that individual independence must be protected in the face of imposing, and sometimes irrational, practices that collective opinion can have on individuals. A difficulty suggested by Mill would be to identify, in practice, the limit between the person’s autonomy and social control. We argue that, even in different contexts, this difficulty not only persists in the contemporary Information Society, but is also pressing with the accelerated development of ICT, Big Data, Internet of Things and Ubiquitous Computing that make up a significant part of the lives of individuals. We admit that the possibilities presented by the ICT are, in many cases, consolidators of basic rights such as the access to information, among others; however, governmental and business surveillance and control, facilitated by the development of ICT, in turn, leads us to inquire about possible negative consequences on individual autonomy in the current Information Society. Considering the three Vs characteristic of Big Data: volume, speed, in real time, and variety (Laney, 2011), we discuss in this article positive and negative aspects of the use of Big Data resources, especially by governments and large corporations, with regard to their influence pricy and human autonomy.Neste artigo, temos por objetivo analisar alguns dos desafios atuais colocados pelas Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC), quanto às questões de privacidade e autonomia no que concerne ao controle de dados pessoais, através de recursos de Big Data. Nossa análise se restringe aos dados pessoais que identificam ou que podem identificar uma pessoa, de modo a colocar em xeque sua privacidade e autonomia. Inspirados em hipóteses elaboradas por John Stuart Mill sobre a influência que a sociedade exerce sobre os indivíduos, argumentamos que há que se proteger a independência individual em face de práticas impositivas, e por vezes irracionais, que a opinião coletiva pode exercer sobre os indivíduos. Uma dificuldade sugerida por Mill estaria em se identificar, na prática, o limite entre a autonomia da pessoa e o controle social. Argumentamos que, ainda que em contextos distintos, essa dificuldade não só persiste na Sociedade da Informação contemporânea como se mostra premente com o acelerado desenvolvimento de TIC, Big Data, Internet das Coisas e Computação Ubíqua que integram parte significativa da vida dos indivíduos. Admitimos que as possibilidades apresentadas pelas TIC são, em muitos casos, consolidadoras de direitos básicos como o de acesso à informação, entre outros; contudo a vigilância e o controle governamental e empresarial, facilitada pelo desenvolvimento das TIC, por sua vez, nos conduz à indagação sobre possíveis consequências negativas sobre a autonomia individual na Sociedade da Informação vigente. Considerando os três Vs característicos dos Big Data: volume, velocidade, em tempo real, e variedade (Laney, 2011), discutimos neste artigo aspectos positivos e negativos do emprego de recursos de Big Data, especialmente, por governos e grandes corporações, no que diz respeito à sua influência na privacidade e autonomia humana.Universidade Estadual De Maringá2020-12-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/5620210.4025/actascihumansoc.v42i3.56202Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences; Vol 42 No 3 (2020); e56202Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences; v. 42 n. 3 (2020); e562021807-86561679-7361reponame:Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMporhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/56202/751375151450Copyright (c) 2020 Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Scienceshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSouza, Edna Alves de Villa, Rômulo Maldonado Gonzalez, Everaldo Tadeu Quilici 2021-02-10T19:29:50Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/56202Revistahttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/indexPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/oai||actahuman@uem.br1807-86561679-7361opendoar:2021-02-10T19:29:50Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era Privacidade e autonomia na era de Big Data |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era Souza, Edna Alves de Big Data; control; ubiquitous computing; information society; ethics. Big Data; controle; computação ubíqua; sociedade da informação; ética. |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era |
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Privacy and autonomy in the Big Data era |
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Souza, Edna Alves de |
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Souza, Edna Alves de Villa, Rômulo Maldonado Gonzalez, Everaldo Tadeu Quilici |
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Villa, Rômulo Maldonado Gonzalez, Everaldo Tadeu Quilici |
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Souza, Edna Alves de Villa, Rômulo Maldonado Gonzalez, Everaldo Tadeu Quilici |
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Big Data; control; ubiquitous computing; information society; ethics. Big Data; controle; computação ubíqua; sociedade da informação; ética. |
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Big Data; control; ubiquitous computing; information society; ethics. Big Data; controle; computação ubíqua; sociedade da informação; ética. |
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In this article, we aim to analyze some of the current challenges posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), regarding issues of privacy and autonomy with regard to the control of personal data, through Big Data resources. Our analysis is restricted to the personal data that identifies or can identify a person, in order to put their privacy and autonomy in check. Inspired by hypotheses made by John Stuart Mill about the influence that society has on individuals, we argue that individual independence must be protected in the face of imposing, and sometimes irrational, practices that collective opinion can have on individuals. A difficulty suggested by Mill would be to identify, in practice, the limit between the person’s autonomy and social control. We argue that, even in different contexts, this difficulty not only persists in the contemporary Information Society, but is also pressing with the accelerated development of ICT, Big Data, Internet of Things and Ubiquitous Computing that make up a significant part of the lives of individuals. We admit that the possibilities presented by the ICT are, in many cases, consolidators of basic rights such as the access to information, among others; however, governmental and business surveillance and control, facilitated by the development of ICT, in turn, leads us to inquire about possible negative consequences on individual autonomy in the current Information Society. Considering the three Vs characteristic of Big Data: volume, speed, in real time, and variety (Laney, 2011), we discuss in this article positive and negative aspects of the use of Big Data resources, especially by governments and large corporations, with regard to their influence pricy and human autonomy. |
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