Privacy and ethical implications of the use of social media during a volcanic eruption: Some initial thoughts

ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings - 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 416-420

  Watson, Hayley ^a   Finn, Rachel L ^a  

^a Trilateral Research and Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; Data protection; Ethics; Privacy; Social media

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VOLCANOES;

AVIATION INDUSTRY; CRISIS; DATA PROTECTION; ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS; ETHICS; PRIVACY INFRINGEMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84905656794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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