What Big Data Does, And Doesn't, Know About Me
Over at Security States and The New Republic, I have another blog, entitled: "What Big Data Does, And Doesn't Know About Me." It tells the story of how I went digging into the data holdings that one big data aggregator, Acxiom, collects about me. It was amusing and, at the same time, almost quotidian. Here's the opening:
The world of Big Data is a world of pervasive data collection and aggressive analytics.
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Over at Security States and The New Republic, I have another blog, entitled: "What Big Data Does, And Doesn't Know About Me." It tells the story of how I went digging into the data holdings that one big data aggregator, Acxiom, collects about me. It was amusing and, at the same time, almost quotidian. Here's the opening:
The world of Big Data is a world of pervasive data collection and aggressive analytics. Some see the future and cheer it on; others rebel. Behind it all lurks a question most of us are asking—does it really matter? I had a chance to find out recently, as I got to see what Acxiom, a large-scale commercial data aggregator, had collected about me
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
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