Balancing privacy rights and surveillance analytics: a decision process guide

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Table 1. Overview of EDM in surveillance analytics studies

EDM approach	Definition	Example of surveillance analytics studies
Consequence/ Deontology	Considers the potential effect of a decision into the future, it helps us to consider who might be affected and what the outcome of an action might be (Sinnott-Armstrong, 2019).	(McKee, 2013; Bonilla, 2014; Charles et al., 2015; Palayoor & Mavoothu, 2017)
Duty/ Utilitarianism	The Duty framework focuses on a set of rules or principles to guide ethical decision-making (Alston, 1988; Alexander & Moore, 2016)	(McKee, 2013; Andrejevic, 2019; Bilal et al., 2020)
Virtue	Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasise the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting to bring about good consequences (Hursthouse, 1999).	(Van Der Sloot 2014; Holt et al., 2017; La Fors et al., 2019; Gal et al., 2020; Morley, Floridi et al., 2020; Wigan, 2020)
Hybrid	Focuses on deontology, utilitarianism, and value ethics.	(Custers & Ranchordas, 2019)

Figure 1. Surveillance, Privacy, and Ethical Decision-Making (SPED) Framework

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