Given that such algorithmically informed decisions have the potential for significant societal impact, the goal of this document is to help developers and product managers design and implement algorithmic systems in publicly accountable ways.

Algorithms and the data that drive them are designed and created by people There is always a human ultimately responsible for decisions made or informed by an algorithm.

Two important principles for consideration were purposefully left off of this list as they are well covered elsewhere: privacy and the impact of human experimentation.