Data privacy and security issues facing smallholder farmers and poor communities in developing countries.

Abstract

Abstract Among the key issues that big data (BD) projects will have to address are privacy and security. This chapter analyses the privacy, data protection and security issues associated with BD and discusses some key challenges associated with such issues in developing countries. A key focus is also on agriculture- and health care-related data. This chapter also promotes an understanding of the institutionalization of data privacy and security issues in developing countries. It gives special consideration to institutions at various levels that can influence cybersecurity and privacy issues in developing countries. This chapter also delves into the variation in institutionalization of cybersecurity and privacy issues across developing countries and different groups of people.