The Washington Post reports that more than a dozen civil rights groups are backing a set of principles aimed at pushing back against data collection they argue is used to discriminate against minorities in law enforcement, hiring and commerce. Groups are backing principles to end “high-tech profiling,” introduce protections in automated decision-making systems, put pressure on the private sector to be more transparent about data and “protect people from inaccurate data,” the report states. “Big Data has supercharged the potential for discrimination by corporations and the government in ways that victims don’t even see,” said Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Wade Henderson. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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