Enabler: Generation and processing of large amounts of data

Data leaks – IT security gaps and the impact on data protection
IT security vulnerabilities are often the cause of data protection incidents and raise questions: Should security vulnerabilities be kept secret? Do manufacturers have to provide patches and end users have to install them?

Everything-as-a-Service business models for the industry
Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) business models offer companies a flexible alternative to traditional purchasing and leasing by providing products and services as subscription-based services.

People analytics: between increasing efficiency and monitoring in the workplace
People analytics promises evidence-based personnel decisions in companies. However, the analysis of large amounts of data about employees, for example using artificial intelligence, also raises ethical questions.

Legal tech – automation of legal activities
Legal tech enables the automation of legal activities through the use of software. The article shows how legal tech makes traditional legal activities more efficient and creates new fields of activity.

Digital afterlife – an ethical consideration of the digital afterlife industry
The digital afterlife industry offers avatars for a digital afterlife. The simulation of the deceased raises ethical questions with regard to mourning and remembering in data-economic contexts.

The importance of data trustees for data portability and data sovereignty
Data trustees can combine the potential of data use with data protection and informational self-determination. The conditions under which data trustees can act as mediators and protectors of fundamental rights deserve consideration.

Digitalisation in the field of palliative care to support multi-professional collaboration
Knowledge-based digital innovations in the field of palliative care and comparable working environments can strengthen multi-professional communication and collaboration and thus continuous patient care.

ESG data value chain
In order to offer sustainable financial products, financial institutions need information on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects of the companies and products in which they invest. Early forms of sustainable…

Ethics in software development (Ethical Engineering)
If we reject the idea that our digital world is inevitably predetermined, we recognize that those who develop software have a moral responsibility. The focus of ethical engineering is on the developers themselves. It is about…

Data protection risks in the metaverse – new challenges for privacy
The promise of the metaverse is great, but its emergence also raises new questions about data protection that need to be answered. The article provides a comprehensive insight into the current developments of the metaverse…