Ethical Considerations in Re-Using Private Sector Data for Migration-Related Policy

achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular The past decade has witnessed the rapid growth Migration highlights the importance of harnessing of non-traditional data (social media, mobile data innovation to improve data and evidence for phones, satellite data, bank records, etc.) and informed policies on migration. [...] Data innovation is one of the cross- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN RE-USING PRIVATE SECTOR DATA FOR MIGRATION-RELATED POLICY: A PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVE To reconcile the need for big data and new technological developments to shed light on migration trends and research with the needs for ethical and data protection considerations, many stakeholders have developed normative instruments such as the EU. [...] The Global Compact data collection and availability of results, limited for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration – the first- detail, and coverage of certain forms of human ever intergovernmental agreement in the field of movements – especially of seasonal and temporary migration – highlights the importance of harnessing nature – and hard-to-reach populations. [...] Rather than offering a set of prescriptions, the Subsequent communication of the due diligence following recommended elements emphasise procedures to the public can further improve a process-driven approach that considers the perceptions of the partnership and project purpose of research, the level of aggregation and (OCHA, 2020). [...] As a fourth element, the partners should define Having determined that big data analytics are policies for the use of results of the completed well-suited for the research question, migration research project, such as retention and deletion of practitioners and researchers should approach data and organisation-specific concerns (DSEG, potential partners in the private sector with a 2020).