- Obama administration has said that Big Data collection and reform of outdated Privacy Act of 1974 and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, are two of the focuses of the policy recommendations that it has proposed.
- Although these changes may be hard to apply to data on cloud, the administration is confident of getting it on floor soon and to extend the protection it entails to non-US citizens as well.
- Big Data, collected both by public and private sector can be used to customise prices, promotions and access to financial services thereby raising the vulnerability of minority groups and increasing discrimination against them. On the other hand it is also used to locate debris from the lost Malaysian Airline flight MH370 using geospatial parameters.
- Employing algorithms to decide on the eligibility requires careful monitoring for possible discrimination against disadvantaged groups.
- Earlier, Obama had highlighted the difference between collection of information by mass surveillance of people by NSA and Big Data, and US is now working towards promoting free flow of information whilst protecting and respecting personal privacy of all, including non-US citizens.
- Read at: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ftodays-paper%2Ftp-international%2Fus-mulls-big-data-privacy-for-noncitizens%2Farticle5971785.ece&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEW4fx1Y4BYSO0SyUxxsdlAH3T3cQ
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