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.