????迄今為止，這套模型似乎確實(shí)有助于降低離職率，但西格爾表示，“一些惠普的忠誠(chéng)員工肯定會(huì)由于這種離職風(fēng)險(xiǎn)評(píng)分而感到不安”，他繼而補(bǔ)充道，這類工具代表了“一種全新的強(qiáng)大的人力資源數(shù)據(jù)”。由于這種數(shù)據(jù)是高度推測(cè)性的，它既是“洞察也是侵犯”，要看經(jīng)理們?nèi)绾芜\(yùn)用了。

????盡管自己就是個(gè)大數(shù)據(jù)專家，但西格爾也和一些抗議塔吉特公司做法的權(quán)威人士一樣，對(duì)這種做法表示擔(dān)憂。他將預(yù)測(cè)分析稱為是“雙刃劍的工具”，并相信公眾對(duì)隱私權(quán)遭侵犯的擔(dān)憂不應(yīng)被忽視。

????他在書中寫道：“對(duì)話機(jī)制非常重要，但網(wǎng)站常常采用‘請(qǐng)查看并同意我們的隱私政策，詳細(xì)文字太長(zhǎng)而您又太忙，因此無法讀完’這樣的小把戲，這不能算是對(duì)話。企業(yè)和消費(fèi)者的溝通很欠缺。雙方要達(dá)成共識(shí)才是當(dāng)今社會(huì)面臨的全新重大挑戰(zhàn)。這方面我們還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走?！保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：清遠(yuǎn)

????So far, the model seems to be helping to reduce turnover, but "some devoted HP workers are bound to be uncomfortable that their Flight Risk score exists," Siegel notes, adding that such tools represent "a whole new breed of powerful human resources data," which, since it's highly speculative, is either "insight or intrusion," depending on how managers use it.

????Despite his status as a Big Data guru, Siegel echoes some of the same concerns as the pundits who squawked about Target. Calling predictive analytics "a tool that can serve both good and evil," he believes that widespread worries about privacy should not be dismissed.

????"Dialogue is critical, and 'check here to agree to our lengthy privacy policy that you are too busy to read' does not count as dialogue," he writes. "Organizations and consumers are not speaking the same language. Striking a balance, together, is society's big new challenge. We have a long way to go."