6. Which is true about the legal status or risks of using big data analytics & HR algorithms for selection? Courts have recognized that the algorithms developed by big data analytics are simply a technical cover for biased and discriminatory decision makers to impose their unfair preferences on an unsuspecting public, and have therefore ruled such algorithms illegal. b. Because the statistical analyses applied to big data sets are quantitative and objective, the resulting algorithms are considered both reliable and valid, and are therefore assumed to be nondiscriminatory. As Amazon, Inc., has demonstrated, big data analytics have developed algorithms that can automatically correct or compensate for disparate impact, effectively removing the legal risk for using such algorithms. d. The algorithms developed by big data analytics may result in disparate impact against certain protected categories, and may therefore be vulnerable to legal challenge. a. C.