Assignment problem: In the big data book (particularly in the chapters for this week's reading), the authors describe several real stories where there is tension between data privacy and legitimate data mining and business analytics applications. Examples include: 1) Target used data-mining techniques to make pregnancy predictions (pp. 57-58); 2) AOL released de-identified search query data intended for researchers and analysts to find exciting business applications, but the release caused public outcry (pp. 154-155), and 3) Netflix released de-identified movie viewing and rating data in a contest intended to improve its recommendation system but was sued for privacy violation (p. 155).
Find and describe a news story similar to these cases reported in the last three years (since 2019). The situation should illustrate the conflict between data privacy, legitimate data mining, and business analytics applications. Cite the source of your story using a website link. Discuss ethical issues involved in the reported news story.
Please note that identity theft, security breach, and accidental data loss are not appropriate cases because there is no legitimate data use involved in these cases.