Potential Ethical and Social Challenges of Big Data

Hello fellow bloggers, Sophie here again! Today I will discuss three Ethical and Social Challenges of Big Data which I feel are important with the usage of Big Data and how it affects consumers and companies:

 The lack of experienced Professionals:

The first ethical and social challenge that I will discuss is how companies fail with their Big Data by lacking inexperienced workers to run their IT systems and large data implements. Occupations for these include data analysts, engineers and data scientists that trade with the technology and have a deep understanding in huge data equipment. Companies struggle to employ workers in this industry as data handling equipment has evolved swiftly even though the professions have not evolved as swiftly.

To address these challenges, companies are contributing extra money into recruiting more professionals in the Big Data industry by investing into training courses to contribute to employees in better knowledge. Companies could also invest in artificial intelligence knowledge analytics to increase chances of staff who only have basic data knowledge which can also help companies save on extra investments.


 

Data breaching

A second challenge that I will discuss is invasion of privacy which can be a huge issue with companies experiencing with Big Data. Since technology and the use of the internet is part of our daily lives, there is a huge risk that personal data could be stolen which is why so many data has been leaked by hackers from big and global companies. With cyber crime in process more frequently, users information such as home addresses, passwords, PPS numbers are being taken which can have an impact on user’s personal lives and invasion. 

To address this challenge, I think Data breeching should be taken more seriously by organisations using Big Data by setting up firewalls and encrypting information to minimize  any cyber criminals from accessing confidential information. Also I feel a secure Wi-Fi connection is essential so that your data isn’t stolen rather than using a public WI-FI.



 Where is personal data being shared to?

The last challenge that I will discuss is where our data or personal information is being stored or shared. Most users don’t realise how much of their personal information is being tracked and collected. For example, if someone sold their old computer, their data may still be stored on the computer even though they may have erased all storage on it. Another way of data being tracked is if companies have a loyalty card such as Tesco, the company can use the consumers data to improve their performance by seeing what the consumer purchases and send them personalised vouchers for similar products that they have previously purchased. With more personal information about a person, a firm can send personalization usages to consumers.


We will leave it there for today's blog but if you'd like to see a second blog to more potential ethical and social challenges of Big Data please comment and share so other readers can engage with this content! Keep safe and healthy and I will see you all soon again. Bye!

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