Knowledge Discovery in Databases and De-Individualization

A.H. Vedder; E. Schreuders; R.W. van Kralingen

Knowledge Discovery in Databases and De-Individualization

A.H. Vedder, E. Schreuders, R.W. van Kralingen

Tilburg Law School

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Abstract

The production of generalizations about groups and profiles of information subjects defined by group characteristics with the help of data mining can be highly problematic from a social and moral point of view. In this paper, we point out that the current privacy law and regulations start from too narrow a definition of 'personal data' to capture these problems. We introduce the notion of 'categorial privacy' as a starting point for a possible remedy for the failures of the current conceptions of privacy. Finally, we discuss some ways in which these problems certainly cannot be solved and suggest a possible way out of these problems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings for Computer Ethics
Subtitle of host publication	Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 98) Held at the London School of Economics on 14 & 15 December 1998
Editors	L.D. Introna
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	London School of Economics
Pages	121-126
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 1998

De betekenis van rechtsstatelijke idealen van de wisselwerking tussen wetgeving en samenleving
Blok, P. H. (Researcher)
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW)
1/01/95 → 31/12/99
Project: Research project

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Knowledge Discovery in Databases and De-Individualization. / Vedder, A.H.; Schreuders, E.; van Kralingen, R.W.
Proceedings for Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 98) Held at the London School of Economics on 14 & 15 December 1998. ed. / L.D. Introna. London: London School of Economics, 1998. p. 121-126.

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Knowledge Discovery in Databases and De-Individualization

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