- The areas that interest me the most is how data is being used and the privacy of data. The data companies offer to customers and how customers use data. My topic will be on how privacy is being used on big data and how people react. Also another interest is the government and how they make rules with big data and privacy.
Thesis
Is privacy a major concern on big data? In today world, Information are collected for many reasons such as using social media, internet, or going to shopping places. Mostly data is being collected by the U.S. government to see if someone has a specious background or history. I believe the data is being used in a good way and in a bad way. Data can be used to collect information from customers and most stores will sent discount on items or sales to the customers. This way attract customers and will bring them back. On the other hand, sometimes collecting data goes to far and people want privacy. For example, a person might be uncomfortable to share information like address, phone number, or security number. There are other ways but companies need to make regulations on data and information that is being collected. Big data is important to everyone and protection is worried a lot.
Sources
I will talk little of both sources and talk about the evidence about big data and privacy between companies and customers. Each sources have good examples and bad examples on big data and privacy. Mostly my main focus is privacy of big data and how it is being affected to companies, people, government.
- (Brian Naylor, Congress Overturns Internet Privacy Regulation, NY Times, article, March 28, 2017)
- (Ron Nixton, U.S. to Collect Social Media on All Immigrants Entering Country, NY Times, article, September 28, 2017)
What is your Plan?
- I will look up for one more source for privacy concerns
- Drafting? I will brainstorm before my draft and lay out the structure of the paper. Also what to write about on each paragraph.
- Naysayer? I will talk about the reactions from people, companies, and government. I will show evidence to support my naysayer.
The idea of privacy for corporations vs average citizens as well as the difference of usage for each form of data is an idea that will be interesting for you to write about as the moral line of data usage between each entity is one that is not clearly defined, and as such will yield an interesting analysis on the subject. Both sources are from this year, which is extremely important as it allows you to make your take on the subject more topical than it could be if the sources were from even one or two years ago.
Hi, Derek,
You are going to need a clearer focus for your thesis. Although you seem to be interested in the law regarding big data, that will be tricky to write about since you are not a lawyer. Instead, consider writing about the use of data for marketing and the issue of privacy. You will note the laws, but you do not have to get into depth on that because you will be focused on your stance. Is it worth it to have data collected by companies in order to better serve customers?Or do you think companies should not be allowed to collect (and sell) this data?
Also, you should have three sources, so go to the library databases (or to the library where a reference librarian is available to help you).