Week 8 Lecture Vocabulary

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from the Week 8 lecture on Ethics, Database Access Control, and Big Data basics.

Data Privacy

The rights of individuals and organisations to determine access to data about themselves.

Data Governance Model

A framework that outlines the roles, responsibilities, processes, and policies for managing and governing data within an organisation.

Ethics

Moral principles that control or influence a person’s behavior.

Data Privacy

Focuses on protecting personal private data and information.

Data Ethics

Relevant to all data use, regardless of privacy protection or the specific actions taken with the data.

Grant

Used to give user access privileges to a database.

Revoke

Used to revoke authorization, i.e., to take back permissions from the user.

Deny

Explicitly prevents a user from receiving a particular permission.

Need-to-know basis

Principle of information security to minimize the risk of unauthorized disclosure.

Big Data

Large and complex sets of raw data (difficult or impossible to capture in ER models).

Volume

Quantity of data to be stored.

Velocity

Speed at which data is entering the system.

Variety

Variations in the structure of the data to be stored.

Structured Data

Any data types that can be clearly defined, stored, accessed, and processed in a fixed format.

Unstructured Data

Anything that cannot be described as structured data.

Semi-Structured

Data is in between Structured Data and Unstructured Data.

First-Party Data

Data directly collected from companies’ own websites and apps.

Contextual Advertising

Placing ads based on the content of the website or app being viewed, rather than the user's browsing history.