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Dataveillance

Every month, ETAI will be sharing a term or concept of the month that is related to ethical issues in biomedical research. The term of the month is part of our module’s milestones relating to engagement and reflection on ethics with the AI-READI team.

Term of August 2025: Dataveillance

  • Definition: “Dataveillance is the systematic creation and/or use of personal data for the investigation or monitoring of the actions or communications of one or more persons.”
  • Definition Source: Clarke, Roger and Greenleaf, Graham, Dataveillance Regulation: A Research Framework (November 7, 2017). UNSW Law Research Paper No. 17-84, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3073492 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3073492