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Someday, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it.
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Follow-up on Data Collection and Personal Responsibility – More about the Google Glass Debate
As we discussed in our last post, people are collecting lots and lots of the personal information that ends up being publicly disclosed. A couple of interesting articles have been published since then that shed further light on the problem. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Confidentiality, Data Collection, Ethics, NSA
Tagged big data, Internet of Things, NSA, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy, unintended consequences, wearables
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Data Collection, Personal Responsibility and the Law
In a recent article in the Huffington Post, John Whitehead asks this question: What would happen if the most powerful technology company in the world and the largest clandestine spying agency in the world joined forces? Similarly, a recent article … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Collection, Internet of Things, NSA, Privacy
Tagged big data, culture, face recognition, facial recognition, Federal Trade Commission, Internet of Things, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, regulation, unintended consequences, wearables
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Data Governance and the Law – Facebook’s Acquisition of WhatsApp Might Bring Some Needed Clarity
By now it should be clear to everyone that when you have a privacy policy you are expected to abide by the terms of that policy. So, for example, if your privacy policy says you will not disclose any personal … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Blending, Data Governance, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Privacy
Tagged big data, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy, WhatsApp
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Senate Continues Data Broker Investigation – Talk of Data Privacy and Security Legislation
Senate Investigation On December 18, 2013, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing titled, “What Information Do Data Brokers Have on Consumers, and How Do They Use It?” Following up, Committee Chair Senator Rockefeller has now … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Brokers, Data Security, Policy, Regulation
Tagged big data, data brokers, data security, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, policy;
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A Marketing Expert Thinks Business should Take Privacy Seriously – and that You Don’t Understand how Your Privacy is Being Violated
I don’t know enough about marketing to know who is a real marketing expert, but Jonathan Salem Baskin seems to be a big deal in the marketing business. He writes for Forbes and Advertising Age and consults a lot. Look … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Privacy
Tagged big data, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy
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NSA Loses One, Wins One – Interesting Differences in the Courts’ Reasoning
After the NSA’s loss in the D.C. District court, the NSA has a win in the Southern District of New York. Here at Big Data and the Law we’ve dialed it back for the holidays, so haven’t yet spent much … Continue reading
Google, Facebook, AOL, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo to U.S. Government: Stop Collecting Personal Information – That’s Our Job
As you likely know, Google, Facebook, AOL, Twitter, LinkedIn, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo are suddenly concerned about our privacy. They have all signed on to an open letter to the President and Congress, in which they say: We understand that … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, NSA, Privacy
Tagged AOL, Apple, big data, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, NSA, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy, Reform Government Surveillance, Twitter, Yahoo
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The Internet of Things Strikes Again – FTC Settles with Rent-to-Own Spies
So these rent-to-own businesses were using the computers rented to their customers to spy on the customers. See the FTC notice of settlement here. Not just the webcam, as was the case in situations we discussed earlier. In this case … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Security, Federal Trade Commission, Privacy
Tagged big data, data security, FTC, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy
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Blended Data and Data Governance
Last month Pentaho has announced its Business Analytics 5.0 product. Pentaho is emphasizing the data blending capability of the product. Pentaho isn’t the only player in this particular game, but let’s stick with them for this discussion. In this article on datanami, Chuck … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Blending, Data Governance, Privacy
Tagged data blending, data governance, data security, personal information, privacy
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The Third Element of Today’s Privacy Problem
It’s people. We’ve talked about the NSA and governments generally. We’ve talked about Google and Facebook and other corporate actors. Finally now, we have to consider people. Not their actions in the conduct of their work – however much … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Diatribe, Privacy
Tagged big data, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy, Tech Culture
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