Sunday, August 26, 2012

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Database Ethical and Social Issues

Use the link below and write brief notes on some of the databases social and ethical issues.

Ensure you get clear difference between Data matching and Data Mining

https://sites.google.com/site/mrstevensonstechclassroom/home/strand-3-it-systems/3-7-databases/database-issues-integrity-privacy-security

Find out other issues with relevant examples apart from the ones in the article above 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Database Applications

You have each been assigned a particular field to research for any database used there. For each database identified
a) Name and describe how the database is used or works

b) The benefits of databases in the field identified

c) Social and ethical issues arising from using the database in the identified field

d) Suggest some solutions to main problems identified

Sadhu- Databases in education
William- Database in health
Solitei- Military Databases
Fatema-Governance or government databases
Dave- Business databases
Aarfa- Medical database
Jamal-Databases used in transport
Sohail- Airline or eservation databases
George- Databses used in entertainment
Dave- Database used to monitor the environment or climate changes
Barry- Databases for science and research institutions
Jamil-Business and employment