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(6 Points) : Data Diary Project STAT 113: Statistics and Society 35 Points Total

This document outlines a data diary project assignment where students will track the personal data they provide over 24 hours through activities like online searches, app usage, and social media. They will then analyze how two companies collect and use personal data by comparing privacy policies. Finally, students will discuss regulations for big data privacy like the EU's GDPR and propose improvements based on controversial stories in the news.

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(6 Points) : Data Diary Project STAT 113: Statistics and Society 35 Points Total

This document outlines a data diary project assignment where students will track the personal data they provide over 24 hours through activities like online searches, app usage, and social media. They will then analyze how two companies collect and use personal data by comparing privacy policies. Finally, students will discuss regulations for big data privacy like the EU's GDPR and propose improvements based on controversial stories in the news.

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Data Diary Project

STAT 113: Statistics and Society


35 points total

Big data is a hot topic in society today. It is neither good nor bad, ethical nor unethical, but it is
important. You are providing it, benefiting from it, and potentially being harmed by its misuse. You
need to be aware of the data you provide and learn more about what is done with your data.

You will be pasting your answers to these questions into a Brightspace assessment.

Instructions:

1. (6 points) You will keep a data diary for 24 hours. You will write down everything you do that
could potentially provide somebody with electronic personal data about you without you
necessarily choosing to give them your information. We are not interested in how long you
brush your teeth, for example, unless you are transmitting this data to an outside source.
(There are toothbrushes that send data to your phone!) Some good examples include using
Google to do a search online, using Blackboard, shopping with a credit card or your student ID,
using a GPS, using an app on your phone, watching a movie on Netflix, texting, etc. Some
examples are shown below, but delete these when you start filling out your table. Feel free to
add lines to the table as needed. Please pick a typical day for you, not one where you are
camping in the wilderness without any devices.

Time Activity Type of data collected from you


4-4:45 Watched “Mad Men” on Netflix. Viewing interests, time watched, possibly
geographical location watched, connected to my
account information like name and e-mail address
and credit card number
8-8:15, Texting with friends Who my friends are, locations, plans, interests
9:30-
9:40,
10:50-
10:55,
1-1:20,
4-4:15,
7:30-
7:45

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2. (2 points) What is the most concerning data that is being collected from you? Why does it
concern you?

3. (4 points) Go to the website of two unrelated companies that collect data from you. State
which companies you chose. Find the privacy policies. (If you can’t find it, then find contact
information to e-mail to ask for the privacy policy. This should be readily available.) Compare
and contrast the two privacy policies. Read the whole privacy policies. Do they specifically list
which pieces of information the companies collect from you? If so, what are they? If not, what
wording do they use to describe the collection of your data? Cite the websites you used to get
this information, too, using APA formatting.

4. (5 points) Do a little searching online to find out how big data is improving something that
interests you. Examples include sports, farming, shopping, movies, health, etc. Explain how big
data is improving this activity. (Don’t use any examples from the lecture.) Use your own
wording. Cite the website you used to get this information, too, using APA formatting.

5. (10 points) The United States and many other countries around the world do not have big data
privacy rules. The European Union has developed a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Discuss the specific components of the GDPR. Compare the GDPR with California’s Consumer
Privacy Act (CCPA) that went into effect on January 1, 2020. Which would you prefer to use as a
model for a US privacy law? Are there other rules that you think should be included?

6. (8 points) There have been some major big data controversial stories in the news recently.
These include, but are not limited to Virginia Eubanks’ work, law enforcement using a public
genealogy DNA website to track down the Golden State Killer, the Equifax data breach,
biometric data security, or the United Nation’s World Food Programme partnering with the data
analytics firm Palantir. Summarize any one of these stories in a paragraph using your own words
and then explain in a second paragraph how you feel such situations should be handled or
improved. Cite your references, and use APA formatting.

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