Most people have accepted that they have little to no privacy online, but increasingly the offline world is adopting the same practices and collecting massive amounts of data on us wherever we go.

Take, for instance, when we walk into a retail store, CCTVs equipped with AI are routinely used to track store traffic patterns, dwell times, and inventory levels.

This can be helpful to retailers who want to boost revenues, but do we want our every move analyzed?

Join us for the next DataEthics4All Live as we discuss AI and Data Privacy with Steve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley, Chairman & CEO of Founders Space.

Today, many of us in the open government community are looking for ways to help and to apply the principles of transparency, accountability, and participation to the COVID-19 response.

It is in moments of disaster response and relief that the values of open government can come under intense pressure, but can also meaningfully contribute to better outcomes.

From tracking the spread of epidemics to making better individualized medical decisions, sharing health data is essential.

However, data sharing can be a double-edged sword.

Health data privacy is a thorny issue in general but is amplified in times of crisis, as in the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Few technologists intentionally plan to act unethically.

Most of us truly believe that we can make the world better by inventing exciting transformative new solutions.

Focus, energy, and tenacity turn our ideas into reality, however, this can also sometimes create tunnel vision and lead us to inadvertently fall into an ethical trap without realizing it.