Chapter 9, Problem 7SI

Explanation of Solution

Violation due to data mining:

“Yes”, the privacy infringes if data mining discloses characteristics about the overall population of a company.

Reason:

Data mining is the technique which is used for the analysis of large amount of data to find the hidden valuables in the database which increases the efficiency. It includes the discovery and analysis of patterns in the large pre-existing data. This process extracts data from large set of data from several perspectives and uses this data as a valuable content.

When data mining discloses or leaks certain characteristics of the company such as overall population then the privacy of individuals infringes and can cause violation of some laws.

Assistance to the businesses due to data mining:

“Yes”, the use of data mining promotes the good business practice.

Reason:

Data mining is a process used to collect and analyze the data from a large amount of pre-existing data. It discovers patterns from a large set of data for categorization and this data as a valuable content to increase business efficiency.

Due to the data mining, data is selected from a large set of data which causes the development of certain products according to the customer’s requirements. This promotes the good business practice and increases efficiency of the business.

Citizens’ participation in a census:

A census is the collection of information about the persons in the population. It is a study of the information of the people about everything in the population, for the purpose of betterment of the nation. Census is important in reference to an economic perspective...