Big Data Conversations Need a Big Data Definition
As part of my day job, I recently recapped the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on “Big Data” and discrimination. My two key takeaways were...
Read MorePlaying Cupid: All's Fair in Love in the Age of Big Data?
After a three year dry spell, OkCupid’s fascinating OkTrends blog roared to life on Monday with a post by Christian Rudder, cofounder of the...
Read MoreA Few Thoughts on De-Identification and Lightning Strikes
Been spending more and more time at work trying to get a handle on the politics (and definition) of de-identification. De-identification, in short, are...
Read MoreDeveloping Consensus on the Ethics of Data Use
Information is power, as the saying goes, and big data promises the power to make better decisions across industry, government, and everyday life. Data...
Read MoreBig Data Privacy Bingo
With the White House’s Big Data and Privacy Review anticipated any day now, I figured it was long past time to put together a...
Read MoreTruthout Publishes My Thoughts on Big Data's Image Problem
Happy to report that Truthout today published my quick op-ed entitled “Big Data’s Big Image Problem.” Not only does this piece expand on comments the...
Read MoreCommon Sense Media Student Privacy Summit All About Self-Regulation
The biggest takeaway from Common Sense Media’s School Privacy Zone Summit was, in the words of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, that “privacy...
Read MoreAverage Folks and Retailer Tracking
Yesterday evening, I found myself at the Mansion on O Street, whose eccentric interior filled with hidden doors, secret passages, and bizarrely themed rooms, seemed...
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