Skip to main content
Data Science

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

4
  • $\begingroup$ What do you mean by "data leak"? Where do the data come from? $\endgroup$ Commented May 17, 2023 at 20:41
  • $\begingroup$ I am not sure about the precise meaning of "data leak" but one should also consider the possibility that the data might be inaccurate, obsolete, fake, etc . $\endgroup$ Commented May 18, 2023 at 14:02
  • $\begingroup$ Let’s say for sake of argument that I mean relevant, timely data to my issue that is leaked by bad actors dumping it all on the internet, my main concern is the ethics of taking something useful that was shared illegally, but not tying it to specific individuals. Basically I want to know if that last step makes it more palatable ethically speaking. $\endgroup$ Commented May 18, 2023 at 21:27
  • 2
    $\begingroup$ For this hypothetical scenario the data, even if correct and useful, are a result of privacy breach and thus their use entails legal consequences. $\endgroup$ Commented May 18, 2023 at 21:38