PCAST: Focus on How Big Data is Used, Not Its Collection

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology thinks that policies should focus more on the uses of big data, and not on its collection.

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New technologies that gather, analyze and preserve vast quantities of data have raised concerns about how individual privacy might be protected or compromised.

Earlier this month, the United States President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a new report called “Big Data: A Technological Perspective.”

In today’s world, re-identification technologies often outpace de-identification capabilities that preserve privacy. It is increasingly difficult to identify sensitive information at the time of its collection due, in part, to the collection of too much data.

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