Ethics of Personalized Information Filtering

Koene, Ansgar; Perez, Elvira; Carter, Christopher James; Statache, Ramona; Adolphs, Svenja; O’Malley, Claire; Rodden, Tom; McAuley, Derek

Abstract

Online search engines, social media, news sites and retailers are all investing heavily in the development of ever more refined information filtering to optimally tune their services to the specific demands of their individual users and customers. In this position paper we examine the privacy consequences of user profile models that are used to achieve this information personalization, the lack of transparency concerning the filtering choices and the ways in which personalized services impact the user experience. Based on these considerations we argue that the Internet research community has a responsibility to increase its efforts to investigate the means and consequences of personalized information filtering.

Citation

Koene, A., Perez, E., Carter, C. J., Statache, R., Adolphs, S., O’Malley, C., Rodden, T., & McAuley, D. (2015, May). Ethics of Personalized Information Filtering. Presented at Second International Conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Second International Conference, INSCI 2015
• Start Date: May 27, 2015
• End Date: May 29, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 14, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 14, 2018
• Print ISSN: 0302-9743
• Pages: 123-132
• Series Title: Lecture notes in computer science
• Series Number: 9089
• Series ISSN: 0302-9743,1611-3349
• Book Title: Internet science : second international conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium, May 27-29, 2015 ; proceedings.
• ISBN: 9783319186085
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18609-2_10
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1145080
• Related Public URLs: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49983/