How big data could create an inescapable "permanent record"

Defines redlining.

MailChimp Chief Data Scientist is at Disney World this weekend wearing his RFID-equipped MagicBand. Here's how he thinks the practice of digitally tracking consumers in the physical world will reach everywhere from theme parks to our homes.

They do disclose consumer types like "credit reliant" and "resilient renter."

Look up “big data” (with the quotes) today on Google, and you’ll results that look like this: Basically, a heap of hype. The only visible organic search results are a Wikipedia ar…

Big Data has not one privacy problem, but two. We are accustomed to talking about surveillance of data subjects. But Big Data also enables disconcertingly close

Big data is all the rage. Its proponents tout the use of sophisticated analytics to mine large data sets for insight as the solution to many of our society’s pr

Computers that learn from and repeat human behaviour save time and money, but what happens when they repeat flawed traits or errors thousands of times per second?

A university is looking at analysing emails from students to staff to detect negative comments. Is this pastoral care, or 'scary ethics'?

Even the best laws will not lead to a safer internet. We need a sharper picture of the information apocalypse that awaits us in a world where personal data is traded to avert the catastrophy.

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We’re surrounded by data—more and more of it is created every day about every person and every topic. Accompanying this cascade is an open data...

Author(s): Hampton, Stephanie; Strasser, Carly; Tewksbury, Joshua; Gram, Wendy; Budden, Amber; Batcheller, Archer; Duke, Clifford; Porter, John | Abstract: The need for sound ecological science has escalated alongside the rise of the information age and “big data” across all sectors of society. Big data generally refer to massive volumes of data not readily handled by the usual data tools and practices and present unprecedented opportunities for advancing science and inform- ing resource management through data-intensive approaches. The era of big data need not be propelled only by “big science” – the term used to describe large-scale efforts that have had mixed success in the individual-driven culture of ecology. Collectively, ecologists already have big data to bolster the scientific effort – a large volume of distributed, high-value information – but many simply fail to contribute. We encourage ecologists to join the larger scientific community in global initiatives to address major scientific and societal problems by bringing their distributed data to the table and harnessing its collective power. The scientists who contribute such information will be at the forefront of socially relevant science – but will they be ecologists?

Marketers must stop abusing the term "Big Data" in order to harness it. Here's how.

The NSA can't capture everything that crosses the Internet—but doesn't need to.

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