Has Big Data ethics gone out the window?

Their argument is essentially, "If everyone else is doing the same thing in their respective areas, why should we be the ones to start to change?" Consequently, the situation has become chronic, and no solution is reached. Not even some of the most important public agencies that fund this kind of research in the United States take this requirement seriously. Even authors of academic or commercial studies that use data on health, find ways to get around administrative restrictions such as those imposed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and other regulatory legislation. The complaints of Kalev Leetaru--who has worked for Yahoo!, Google, Georgetown University, and the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government--are applicable to technicians and managers of various related activities: big data, data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, etc. At the head of these activities are professionals who come from disciplines such as information technology, who, due to their experience and position, are more accustomed to answering questions than to asking them, Leetaru says.