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Ethical and Legal Issues with Big Data Application in Governments

"ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES WITH BIG DATA APPLICATION IN GOVERNMENTS" 1 Ethical and Legal Issues with Big Data Application in Governments "ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES WITH BIG DATA APPLICATION IN GOVERNMENTS" 2 Contents Introduction:. Research Questions: Literature Review Facts Causing Issues with Government Sectors Data Ownership Issues:- Data Quality Issues:. Privacy, Confidentiality Issues: Talent Recruitment Issues: Recommendations:. Smart City Readiness Learn How to Properly Collaborate Online Democracy and Education 10 Development of the Legal Framework:. 11 Conclusion: 12 Reference 3 "ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES WITH BIG DATA APPLICATION IN GOVERNMENTS" 3 Ethical and Legal Issues with Big Data Application in Governments Introduction: People of today's world are in the cusp of a revolution of "Big Data". Although the importance of Big Data has been extensive as it can shape and determine today's methods of communication by encouraging people to use open data sources and let them know how their interactions can be widespread easily and effortlessly, it has some radical issues that threaten people's life simultaneously. Government sector is an area where Big Data has started becoming more effective and noteworthy, however ethical and legal issues of Big Data disappoint everyone, especially who are well-aware of how severe those issues could be. Government tends to make use of tools regardless of the fact that those are ancient in type or sophisticated. Effectiveness, safety, and transparency are all that a government looks for when it is used for serving citizens and government itself. Big Data is not simply safe enough, at least, this time around as it offers numerous threats to the bodies of the government as well as its population. Al- khouri (2012) expressed his hopelessness regarding the application of Big Data in the government sector stating that basically, individuals' personal information can be generated by various sources from devices, people, rightful owner, and different people who/which can be the authority to verify its actuality as becoming the "True Owner" of those data. In fact, this vulnerability of data recognition, data handling, and data stealing can not be suitable for a government, since a government sector is blessed with highly authentic, secure, respected, and confidential data managements. The intention of this paper is to describe how using Big Data in government sectors can be potentially threatening and devastating for the government itself as