Big Data: Big Challenges to Privacy and Data Protection

Bakar Munir, Abu; Hajar Mohd Yasin, Siti; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus

Abstract

This paper seeks to analyse the benefits of big data and more importantly the challenges it pose to the subject of privacy and data protection. First, the nature of big data will be briefly deliberated before presenting the potential of big data in the present days. Afterwards, the issue of privacy and data protection is highlighted before discussing the challenges of implementing this issue in big data. In conclusion, the paper will put forward the debate on the adequacy of the existing legal framework in protecting personal data in the era of big data.

Citation

Bakar Munir, A., Hajar Mohd Yasin, S., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2015). Big Data: Big Challenges to Privacy and Data Protection. International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering, 9(1),

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Feb 26, 2021
• Print ISSN: 2010-3921
• Electronic ISSN: 2010-393X
• Publisher: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Keywords: Big data; data protection; information; privacy
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2715496
• Publisher URL: https://panel.waset.org/Publications/Computer-and-Information-Engineering