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DATA-ETHICS4 MIN READ

Sort Features by Signal, Proxy Risk, and Protected Status

Practice distinguishing clearly justified operational features from direct protected attributes and likely proxy-risk features.

Sort each feature by the kind of ethical review it needs in a consequential scoring model. Direct protected attribute Proxy-risk feature Legitimate operational signal Race field from a regulated audit table ZIP code in a credit-marketing model Number of unresolved service outages in the last 30 days School attended in a candidate-ranking model Gender marker from HR records Recent payment failures directly tied to churn outreach timing

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