Category Archives: Big Data

It’s not too late for privacy

Have you heard the news? “Privacy is dead!” The message is urgent. It’s often yelled...

Types of Personal Information

It’s really vital that technologists, software developers, architects and analysts appreciate that privacy law takes...

Photo data as crude oil

It’s been said that “data is the new oil”. The immense stores of Personal Information...

A penny for your marketable thoughts?

Most people think that Apple’s Siri is the coolest thing they’ve ever seen on a...

What stops Target telling you’re pregnant?

Question: What stops Target from telling that you’re pregnant? Answer: In many parts the world,...

Trade PII not privacy

There is an orthodoxy that privacy is willingly traded by people in return for some...

Public yet still private

Privacy is a notoriously slippery topic. Even the word “privacy” has eluded universally accepted definition....