CEA Privacy & Data Ethics 3

Question 1

An organization uses an algorithm to screen job applications and discovers it disproportionately rejects candidates from a particular ethnic group. From an ethics standpoint, what type of bias is most likely present?

Accepted Answer

Algorithmic bias

Answer

Algorithmic bias occurs when automated systems produce systematically prejudiced results due to flawed assumptions, biased training data, or discriminatory design.

Question 2

The principle of data sovereignty most directly refers to:

Accepted Answer

The right of individuals and nations to control data about themselves

Answer

Data sovereignty asserts that data is subject to the laws and governance structures of the nation or individual from whom it originates.

Question 3

A hospital shares patient data with a pharmaceutical company for research under a data use agreement. Which condition is ethically MOST important to include?

Accepted Answer

A prohibition on using the data for any commercial purpose beyond the stated research

Answer

Ethical data use agreements must strictly limit secondary uses to prevent exploitation of patient data beyond the consented purpose.

Question 4

What is the primary ethical concern with 'surveillance capitalism'?

Accepted Answer

The commodification of personal behavioral data to predict and influence behavior for profit

Answer

Surveillance capitalism, coined by Shoshana Zuboff, describes business models that extract personal data as a raw material to predict and modify human behavior for commercial gain.

Question 5

A company's privacy notice states it will not sell user data, but it shares data with third-party 'partners' for advertising purposes. This practice most closely exemplifies:

Accepted Answer

Dark patterns

Answer

Dark patterns in privacy involve designing disclosures or interfaces that deceive users into believing their data is protected when it is actually being exploited.

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CEA Privacy & Data Ethics 3