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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Data Mining: A "Kindler, Gentler Survelliance"?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Data Mining: A "Kindler, Gentler Survelliance"?:


Data Mining: A "Kindler, Gentler Survelliance"?

Your human capital is important to Silicon Valley


Data issues and invasion of privacy concerns crop up constantly these days.  We hear reports of Anonymous hacking into government websites, credit card information compromised and people are upset their Facebook information gets posted in places unknown to the Facebook user.  

Quartz (qz.com) asked this question:  Analysis: Is big data to Barack Obama what big oil was to George W. Bush? and informs the reader how this administration is allowing private business freedom to use personal data for corporate gain.  This data sharing of personal information, however, is eroding individual privacy and has privacy experts concerned about the manner in which this bill of rights was