Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and technology that falls short of protecting people’s privacy.
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Is sharing your data worth what you’re getting out of it? That may be the wrong question to ask when you are thinking about whether to share.
To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.
Your personal privacy depends on your awareness, tech controls that allow you to decide what to share, and public policies that take personal privacy into account.
Many of the apps and social media platforms you use every day may not charge you money, but often there is a price to pay – your privacy.
Internet of Things devices are collecting an increasing amount of information, creating a web of data harvesting that ensnares people all around them.
AI tools that provide information to you also gather lots of information from you and may provide it to third parties.
Every piece of personal data about you has inherent value. As long as there are customers clamoring for that data, breaches are likely to continue.
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