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Summary: Social Network Data Mining Privacy. Community Team CBC News Posted: Nov 27, 2011 4:55 PM ET Presented by: Group 16. Facebook Data Mining. Commercial Use Location State, city, zip code Demographics Age range Sex Sexual Orientation Relationship status Languages Interests - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Summary:Summary:Social Network Social Network Data Mining PrivacyData Mining Privacy
Community Team CBC NewsPosted: Nov 27, 2011 4:55 PM ET Presented by: Group 16
Facebook Data MiningFacebook Data Mining Commercial Use◦ Location
State, city, zip code◦ Demographics
Age range Sex Sexual Orientation Relationship status Languages
◦ Interests◦ Education & Work
Operational◦ Messages & Chats◦ Wall posts◦ Likes & dislikes◦ Other Demographics
Religious beliefs Political Views
Laser Focused Ad Campaigns
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European Commission European Commission Cracking DownCracking DownEC plans to stop the way websites eavesdrop
◦ Currently, firms harvest information from people's activities on social networks and make it available to advertisers
This January EC hopes to ban such targeted advertising
Users must know what data is collected and further processed and for what purposes
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SummarySummaryThe social site gathers far more information and uses
them to laser-focus the advertisements that appear on each person's page by other companies.
“Mining and analyzing these big new data sets can open the door to marketing and for this reason this information could be used for other purposes, accelerating productivity and economic growth.”
Applying data mining to those data sets will help to discover new businesses and predict consumer behavior and market shifts.” e.g. Google, Foursquare, etc. but at the same time it is important to understand the limits of privacy
Why Interesting?Why Interesting?As data miners, our tasks are colliding with these
concerns. It is important to know the privacy of the data that we are collecting for the specific analysis.
To know how the data will be used to the ultimate advantage of the people whose personal information is captured in the database.
Be sensitive to these worries when collecting or using data, or else we risk burdensome and counter-productive regulation. Some organizations have created the role of chief privacy officer to oversee the protection and use of data.
Relationship With CourseRelationship With CourseRelevant to chapters of Data
Mining and Data Warehousing.New application or societal impact
of database techniques we learn.The use of data mining for
marketing purposes.
ReferencesReferences1. Lewis, Jason. "Facebook Faces a Crackdown on Selling Users' Secrets to
Advertisers." The Telegraph. 26 Nov. 2011. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8917836/Facebook-faces-a-crackdown-on-selling-users-secrets-to-advertisers.html
2. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ads/create/3. http://donottrackplus.com/4. “European Commission Cracks down on Facebook Data Mining.” CBC
News. 27 Oct. 2011. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/27/technology-facebook-european-commission.html
5. Angwin, Julia. "Facebook Retreats on Privacy." The Wall Street Journal. 26 Nov. 2011. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204224604577030383745515166.html
6. Edelstein, Herb. "Data Mining and Privacy." Information Management. Dec. 2003. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. http://www.information-management.com/issues/20031201/7768-1.html