Zagadnienia społeczne i prawne w koncepcji big data
Big Data – Social and Legal Issues

Summary/Abstract: The term big data is very popular recently. The concept is new and is shaping up. The author conducted a study into the usage of the term big data in popular media. Generally, the analyzed texts focused mainly on the danger of surveillance and the threats to privacy resulting from the analysis of web content, including social networks, by the private sector. This is a social aspect of big data.The paper proposes a three-faceted explanation of the term, by distinguishing three basic as-pects of big data: technological (including the opportunities offered by IT and modern analytical methods), business (including a variety of applications of the concept) and social (focusing on the consequences of its implementation). Nonetheless the paper is focused on the social aspect – the risks associated with the mass processing of personal data. It is related to an additional legal sub-aspect. The social aspect with the legal subaspect are dependent in relation to the other aspects: technological and business.

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