DATA SCIENCE: a bioethical issue of privacy

The Advancement of information and technology is threatening the human privacy and the quantity of control over personal data. Data science is a hadoop discipline and bodies of knowledge, which analyzes big data to providing meaningful information, for decision-making and solving problems in different fields. The ethical implication of data set analytics includes invasion of per- sonal privacy. The invasion of privacy has led to identity theft, which breaches the privacy ethics. Privacy ethics is a concept in moral philosophy, which evaluates right or wrongs of human action. Privacy ethics evaluates the use of personal data, data generation, data processing, dissemination and sharing of data among organizations. These raises moral question about what ought to be, for the protection of human privacy. Data science further conjures meta-ethical questions about value and human dignity. Using the method of philosophical analysis, this paper explores the ethical implication of privacy invasion by data science. The paper concludes that stakeholders in the business of data science adhere to privacy ethics for the transformation of the business, into actionable insights and the protection of data for the common good of society.