Big Data Tracking Needs Accountability
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Channel: The Aspen Institute · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
The Very Big Business of Tracking You In the age of big data, e-commerce, and status updates, consumers provide a near constant stream of personal information to the companies they interact with. Whether it's a shopping cart on Amazon, a family photo on Facebook, or a browsing history at Google, the data we provide about ourselves is becoming its own form of currency. But what price do we pay for participating in this information economy, and how much do we understand about the privacy we forfeit just by doing business? FTC Commissioner Julie Brill and investigative journalist Julia Angwin explore the implications of data collection on our personal liberty and ask: What are the smartest policies for the road ahead?
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