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Hazard: Lacks Informed Consent#

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Description#

This hazard applies to datasets or algorithms that use data which has not been provided with the explicit consent of the data owner/creator. This data often lacks other contextual information which can also make it difficult to understand how the dataset may be biased.

Examples#

Example 1: Large public social media datasets rarely collect informed consent from ‘participants’.

Example 2: Data linkage projects tend not to involve informed consent.

Safety Precautions#

  • Being clear about the limitations of any ground truth inferences made from the data.

  • Systems built solely with this type of data should not be applied in practice.

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