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Consuming Disaster Data: is IT ethical?

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Consuming Disaster Data: is IT ethical? / Perng, Sung-Yueh; Buscher, Monika; Moffat, Luke.
Verbraucherdatenschutz – Technik und Regulation zur Unterstützung des Individuums. ed. / Alexander Boden; Timo Jakobi; Gunnar Stevens; Christian Bala. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, 2021. p. 122-143 (Schriften der Verbraucherinformatik).

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Harvard

Perng, S-Y, Buscher, M & Moffat, L 2021, Consuming Disaster Data: is IT ethical? in A Boden, T Jakobi, G Stevens & C Bala (eds), Verbraucherdatenschutz – Technik und Regulation zur Unterstützung des Individuums. Schriften der Verbraucherinformatik, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, pp. 122-143. <https://pub.h-brs.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/6018/file/IVI_Verbraucherforum_2021.pdf>

APA

Perng, S-Y., Buscher, M., & Moffat, L. (2021). Consuming Disaster Data: is IT ethical? In A. Boden, T. Jakobi, G. Stevens, & C. Bala (Eds.), Verbraucherdatenschutz – Technik und Regulation zur Unterstützung des Individuums (pp. 122-143). (Schriften der Verbraucherinformatik). Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. https://pub.h-brs.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/6018/file/IVI_Verbraucherforum_2021.pdf

Vancouver

Perng S-Y, Buscher M, Moffat L. Consuming Disaster Data: is IT ethical? In Boden A, Jakobi T, Stevens G, Bala C, editors, Verbraucherdatenschutz – Technik und Regulation zur Unterstützung des Individuums. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. 2021. p. 122-143. (Schriften der Verbraucherinformatik).

Author

Perng, Sung-Yueh ; Buscher, Monika ; Moffat, Luke. / Consuming Disaster Data : is IT ethical?. Verbraucherdatenschutz – Technik und Regulation zur Unterstützung des Individuums. editor / Alexander Boden ; Timo Jakobi ; Gunnar Stevens ; Christian Bala. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, 2021. pp. 122-143 (Schriften der Verbraucherinformatik).

Bibtex

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