[MyData & Open Data] who's working on ethics, privacy and responsible data

Thu Dec 19 11:44:32 UTC 2013

Hi Stef, thanks for the critical comments. Some responses inline.
On 12/19/13 11:50 AM, stef wrote:
> howdy,
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:20:45AM +0100, Christopher Wilson wrote:
>> There's so much work and interest emerging around these issues, so we're
>> trying to get an overview of who's doing what.
> the irony? of putting privacy advocacy in public databases. in the best
> european dataprotection manner can i ask what is the purpose of your
> dataprocessing? can you show that this data processing is proportional and
> necessary? why don't you instead do such list of the bad guys and make their
> life more transparent and accountable - i hope none of them are funders of
> your fine org.
We're looking to avoid waste and duplication, and think that a lot of
these people might not be aware of complementary work being done by
others. Only website and approved info listed here!
>
>> <https://www.theengineroom.org/responsible-data-concepts-and-resources/>
>> that shares a conceptual framework we're hashing out for thinking about
>> responsible data, plus a preliminary mapping of resources that could be
> why do we need another meme? why is "privacy/private data" not good enough?
> who came up with this new term and what is his agenda and who are his funders?
We use "responsible data" to think about these issues in the context of
advocacy, and think they go well beyond privacy issues. We started using
the term because, though  it's become cheap, easy and sexy to collect
data and information for advocacy, we think doing so carries with it a
responsibility to avoid doing harm to the people and groups reflected in
that data. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to see when publishing,
collecting or sharing data poses risks or steps on peoples' agency, so
we're trying to help advocacy initiatives make sense of the issue. The
"meme" wont make sense in all contexts, but for us, the trope of
responsibility to think about risks in advocacy makes sense.
You can read about how our work gets funded here
<https://www.theengineroom.org/who-funds-our-work/>. That page hasn't
been updated yet to include the Responsible Data Forum
<https://www.theengineroom.org/projects/responsible-data-forum/>, which
is being funded by OSF.
>
> "Disentangling ideas like privacy, anonymity and re-identification" - why
> would you disentangle this, if not for the erosion of the concept they form
> together - divide et impera?
We're looking for clarity, in the interest of making it easier to make
responsible decisions about using data in advocacy. We hope that better
understanding how these issues relate in actual advocacy contexts will
make it easier to anticipate risks and enable activists and small orgs
to deal with them.
>
> sorry for being cautious,
> s
>

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