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May 2, 2014

White House Issues Report on Corporate Use of "Big Data" 
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The White House has issued a report calling for limits on how companies
like Facebook and Google apply the data they collect on users. In
particular, the report expresses concern about how so-called big data
could be used to entrench racial or gender inequality if people are
denied opportunities based on digital snapshots. It also calls for
Congress to amend federal privacy law to "ensure the standard of
protection for online, digital content is consistent with that afforded
in the physical world." The report does not address massive data
collection by the National Security Agency.

 

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