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Data ethics

Investigate how the explosion in data is posing new questions over its use.
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Key concepts and resources

Exclusive DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Data governance and ethics
  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Data Analytics Community
A Data Analytics Community webinar on data ethics and governance presented by Dr Alessandro Merendino and Professor Maureen Meadows.
Data protection and privacy All organisations that collect, store or process personal information on living and identifiable people must comply with the Data Protection Act 2018. Additional resources can be found on the GDPR (now the Data Protection Act 2018 in the UK).
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Data Ethics Framework
  • 30 Aug 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Data Ethics Framework guides the design of appropriate data use in government and the wider public sector. It is aimed at anyone working directly or indirectly with data in the public sector, including data practitioners (statisticians, analysts and data scientists), policymakers, operational staff and those helping to produce data-informed insight.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Data management and use
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • The Royal Society, British Academy
Review conducted by the British Academy and Royal Society with leading academics, industry leaders, civil society and data and technology specialists looking at the needs of a 21st century data governance system. It includes a report and case studies.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Ethics of big data
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • Doug Patterson, Kord Davis
This book contains a framework for productive discussion and thinking about ethics and big data in business environments. The opening chapter is free to view.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY What is data ethics?
  • 03 Oct 2016
  • Luciano Floridi, Mariarosaria Taddeo
Journal article, part of the themed issue ‘The ethical impact of data science’.

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Exclusive LIBRARY Ensuring your data doesn't become a liability
  • 01 Jan 2017
  • Bernard Marr
  • Data Strategy
Chapter 10 of this title deals with: data ownership and privacy; data security; best practice in data governance.
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Principles and applications

DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
  • 25 Sep 2019
  • Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
The CDEI is the body tasked by the government to connect policymakers, industry, civil society and the public to develop the right governance regime for data-driven technologies. The website includes reports and consultations on data and artificial intelligence.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Data ethics canvas
  • 25 Sep 2019
The ODI's Data Ethics Canvas is a tool for anyone who collects, shares or uses data. It helps identify and manage ethical issues – at the start of a project that uses data, and throughout – and provides a framework to develop ethical guidance that suits any context, whatever the project’s size or scope.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY The ethical use of data in a digital economy
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • UK Finance, KPMG
This report "sets out to discuss the key ethical challenges facing financial institutions today, propose a set of principles for the ethical handling of customer data and set out some ‘next steps’ to help firms start embedding these into their operations."
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Ethical use of personal data - a data governance use case
  • 23 Aug 2018
  • Paul Maylon
Case study from Paul Maylon regarding data governance and ethics in his role at Experian, the consumer credit checking company.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY The ethics of analytics
  • 25 Mar 2019
  • Bill Franks
Video of a presentation given by Bill Franks, chief analytics officer at the International Institute for Analytics.
LIBRARY The rise of AI and data ethics
  • 24 Jun 2019
  • Nihar Dalmia, David Schatsky
This article looks at the biggest issues driving the conversation around data and AI ethics and government's role.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Building digital trust: the role of data ethics in the digital age
  • 01 Jan 2016
Guidelines for security executives and data practitioners, which enable development of robust ethical controls throughout data supply chains.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY The ethics of data governance - 'data comes with benefits and liabilities'
  • 23 Jan 2019
  • Charles Towers-Clark
  • Forbes
This article looks at the global regulatory climate for data in the wake of large data breach scandals and the introduction of GDPR in Europe.
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Features and articles from ICAEW

ICAEW regularly publishes reports and articles covering data ethics and governance. These are some of the best of the most recent articles.
Data protection and privacy All organisations that collect, store or process personal information on living and identifiable people must comply with the Data Protection Act 2018. Additional resources can be found on the GDPR (now the Data Protection Act 2018 in the UK).
Ethical use of big data in financial services Ethical use of big data in financial services
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Big data and the profession - what about ethics and the profession
  • 22 Aug 2019
  • Kirstin Gillon
Blog post on the need for a broad societal debate on the ethics of using big data in business, one that should draw on the experience of accountants.
TECH FACULTY Big data ethics - a topic for the future?
  • 03 Jul 2019
  • Kirston Gillon
ICAEW's Kirstin Gillon describes how the application of ethics backed up by robust accountability can build greater trust to the future of big data.

Courses from the ICAEW Academy of Professional Development

LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Data preparation and ethics | Dates TBC
  • 17 Oct 2019
  • Academy of Professional Development
Explore a range of different data sources and formats as well as the legal and ethical issues related to data-handling.
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