Big Data in Context - Legal, Social and Technological Insights

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This book sheds new light on a selection of big data scenarios from an interdisciplinary perspective. It features legal, sociological and economic approaches to fundamental big data topics such as privacy, data quality and the ECJ's Safe Harbor decision on the one hand, and practical applications such as smart cars, wearables and web tracking on the other. Addressing the interests of researchers and practitioners alike, it provides a comprehensive overview of and introduction to the emerging challenges regarding big data.All contributions are based on papers submitted in connection with ABIDA (Assessing Big Data), an interdisciplinary research project exploring the societal aspects of big data and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.This volume was produced as a part of the ABIDA project (Assessing Big Data, 01IS15016A-F). ABIDA is a four-year collaborative project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. However the views and opinions expressed in this book reflect only the authors' point of view and not necessarily those of all members of the ABIDA project or the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

List of contents

Thomas Hoeren, Big Data and Data Quality.- Christian Döpke, The Importance of Big Data for Jurisprudence and Legal Practice.- Nicolai Culik and Christian Döpke, About Forgetting and Being Forgotten.- Nicolai Culik, Brussels Calling: Big Data and Privacy.- Andreas Börding, Safe Harbor: The Decision of the European Court of Justice.- Tim Jülicher, Education 2.0: Learning Analytics, Educational Data Mining and Co..- Max v. Schönfeld, Big Data and Automotive - A Legal Approach.- Stefanie Eschholz and Jonathan Djabbarpour, Big Data and Scoring in the Financial Sector.- Charlotte Röttgen, Like or Dislike - Web Tracking.- Tim Jülicher and Marc Delisle, Step into "The Circle" - A Close Look at Wearables and Quantified Self.- Max v. Schönfeld and Nils Wehkamp, Big Data and Smart Grid.- Max v. Schönfeld, Reinhard Heil and Laura Bittner, BigData on a Farm - Smart Farming.

Product details

• Assisted by: Thomas Hoeren (Editor), Barbara Kolany-Raiser (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Big Data zwischen Kausalität und Korrelation - Wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Fragen der Digitalisierung 4.0
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2017
• EAN: 9783319624600
• ISBN: 978-3-31-962460-0
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 224 g
• Illustrations: XII, 120 p.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Internationales Recht, C, Big Data, Data Mining, Datenbanken, Law, Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme, International Law, IT in Business, Law and Criminology, European law, Digital- und Informationstechnologien: Rechtliche Aspekte, Mass Media, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Computers, Entertainment & media law, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Business mathematics & systems, Big Data/Analytics, Legal aspects of IT, Law—Europe, Legal Aspects of Computing, Law and legislation, Expert systems / knowledge-based systems