Abstract Ready data availability, cheap storage capacity, and powerful tools for extracting information from data have the potential to significantly enhance the human condition. However, as with all advanced technologies, this comes with the potential for misuse. Ethical oversight and constraints are needed to ensure that an appropriate balance is reached. Ethical issues involving data may be more challenging than the ethical challenges of some other advanced technologies partly because data and data science are ubiquitous, having the potential to impact all aspects of life, and partly because of their intrinsic complexity. We explore the nature of data, personal data, data ownership, consent and purpose of use, trustworthiness of data as well as of algorithms and of those using the data, and matters of privacy and confidentiality. A checklist is given of topics that need to be considered.

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不断变化的世界中数据伦理的各个方面：我们现在在哪里？

摘要 随时可用的数据、廉价的存储容量以及从数据中提取信息的强大工具有可能显着改善人类的状况。然而，与所有先进技术一样，这也存在被滥用的可能性。需要道德监督和约束来确保达到适当的平衡。涉及数据的伦理问题可能比其他一些先进技术的伦理挑战更具挑战性，部分原因是数据和数据科学无处不在，有可能影响生活的各个方面，部分原因是其内在的复杂性。我们探讨数据、个人数据、数据所有权、同意和使用目的、数据以及算法和数据使用者的可信度，以及隐私和保密问题。给出了需要考虑的主题的清单。