Privacy is the most pressing concern for the future of technology
general article writing
Description
Instructions
You are required to write an essay of 1500-1700 words on big data and
privacy on the proposition that "privacy is the most pressing concern for
the future of technology".
Your essay should aim to give a structured argument both for and against
the proposition, and a _nal
justi_cation for the side to which you incline. To both introduce the topic
and form your arguments, you might _nd it helpful to anser the following
sub questions: explain why big data technologies bring new privacy
challenges, how these challenges interact with law, morality, government
and trust, and what it means to resolve a privacy challenge and who the
players are; the issue about clash of values (whose values?, in what
context?)
There will be 100 Marks for this essay, 80 of which will be for argument
structure and persuasive ability of essay. The remaining 20 marks will be
for style of expression, (conciseness, use of facts, clarity), grammar and
spelling.
This essay is mainly testing your understanding of how all the issues
pertaining to big data, privacy, cloud computing and smart-cities link
together.
