Discriminative but Not Discriminatory: A Comparison of Fairness Definitions under Different Worldviews

TitleDiscriminative but Not Discriminatory: A Comparison of Fairness Definitions under Different Worldviews
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsYeom, S., & Tschantz M. Carl
Published inProceedings of the 2018 Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society
Page(s)33-41
Abstract

Google’s Ad Settings shows the gender and age that Google has inferred about a web user. We compare the inferred values to the self-reported values of 501 survey participants. We find that Google often does not show an inference, but when it does, it is typically correct. We explore which usage characteristics, such as using privacy enhancing technologies, are associated with Google’s accuracy, but found no significant results.

Acknowledgment

This research was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grants CNS 1065240 and CNS 1514509. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of any sponsoring institution, the U.S. government or any other entity.

URLhttps://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3268962
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