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White Paper: The Law, Politics and Ethics of Cell Phone Data Analytics

This paper examines Call Detail Records (CDRs) and their expanding role in providing insight into human behavior, movements, and social interactions. As a result of their growing application, certain ethical and legal questions need to be addressed. The paper summarizes current legal frameworks, explores structural socio-political parameters and incentives structuring the sharing of CDRs, proposes guiding ethical principles and discusses operational options and requirements.

White Paper: The Law, Politics and Ethics of Cell Phone Data Analytics

Author(s): 
Emmanuel Letouzé, Patrick Vinck

April 2015

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