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Data privacy laws in the US protect profit but prevent sharing data for public good – people want the opposite

  • Written by Cason Schmit, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
Data privacy laws in the US protect profit but prevent sharing data for public good – people want the oppositePeople produce mountains of data every day, but not all data is treated the same under the law.Orbon Alija/E+ via Getty Images

In 2021, an investigation revealed that home loan algorithms systematically discriminate against qualified minority applicants. Unfortunately, stories of dubious profit-driven data uses like this are all too common.

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