Your bank's marketing team plans to improve a spending-prediction model by scraping customers' public social-media profiles and linking the posts to existing credit-card transaction data. The customers were never told that their social-media activity might be collected or analyzed. Which response best aligns with accepted data-ethics principles while still allowing the project to continue?
Collect the data as requested but restrict the model's output from being shared outside the bank.
Scrape the data, then anonymize customer names with hashed IDs in the analytic dataset.
Recommend obtaining explicit informed consent from customers and disclose how their social-media data will be collected, stored, and used before any scraping begins.
Proceed with scraping because publicly posted information is in the public domain.
Ethical data practice requires both transparency about how personal data will be collected and informed consent from the individuals affected. Recommending that the bank first obtain explicit, opt-in permission - and clearly explain how the social-media data will be used - respects customer ownership of their personal information and meets the core data-ethics principles of consent and transparency. Simply scraping posts because they are public, masking names after the fact, or limiting external sharing does not address the initial lack of consent and therefore remains unethical even if it reduces other risks.
Ask Bash
Bash is our AI bot, trained to help you pass your exam. AI Generated Content may display inaccurate information, always double-check anything important.
What are the core principles of data ethics?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
What is informed consent in the context of data collection?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
Why is scraping publicly available data without consent considered unethical?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
CompTIA Data+ DA0-002 (V2)
Data Governance
Your Score:
Report Issue
Bash, the Crucial Exams Chat Bot
AI Bot
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Pass with Confidence.
IT & Cybersecurity Package
You have hit the limits of our free tier, become a Premium Member today for unlimited access.
Military, Healthcare worker, Gov. employee or Teacher? See if you qualify for a Community Discount.
Monthly
$19.99 $11.99
$11.99/mo
Billed monthly, Cancel any time.
$19.99 after promotion ends
3 Month Pass
$44.99 $26.99
$8.99/mo
One time purchase of $26.99, Does not auto-renew.
$44.99 after promotion ends
Save $18!
MOST POPULAR
Annual Pass
$119.99 $71.99
$5.99/mo
One time purchase of $71.99, Does not auto-renew.
$119.99 after promotion ends
Save $48!
BEST DEAL
Lifetime Pass
$189.99 $113.99
One time purchase, Good for life.
Save $76!
What You Get
All IT & Cybersecurity Package plans include the following perks and exams .