Privacy Disclosed

Privacy is Yours for the Asking

I wrote earlier about privacy, Big Data and you.

It was a depressing little bit of expressionism with a call to action at the end. I requested the data that was stored on my loyalty card at my supermarket/conglomerate Ralphs. Turns out this is a very complicated thing:

Anal Probing. Or Marketing. Whatever.

The privacy and data ownership issues raised by the documentary Terms and Conditions May Apply are horrifying. 

Stunning information, really, in the sense that we've all agreed to this and blithely walked down a path without knowing the consequences. I'm gently tapping you on the shoulder now.

Your Terms & Rights May Vary

Never trust someone who ends their sentence in a question.

You Are Shedding Data Everywhere

The New Data State

Big Data is here to help you, starting right now.

It's an exceptional report authored by John D. Podesta, a senior White House adviser. Potentially in a ploy to distract from the egregious NSA violations committed in the previous hour, the report is notable in that it has the imprimatur of a White House that is arguably, the most tech-friendly ever. Exploring privacy and data regulations in the marketplace, it states: