Big data enables to check, control and know everything. But to know everything entails an obligation to act on behalf of and to protect the customer. Such an obligation is that organization should do everything possible to protect (sensitive) data sets and to be open and clear what is done with that data. Big data ethics is also related to that although anything is possible to … [Read more...] about Big Data Ethics: How Does It Affect Your Privacy?
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Three Challenges Europe Faces In Becoming A Competitive Big Data Market
The European Commission is working hard on developing a competitive European Big Data market. Today, as a result of this, the European Digital Forum convened the High-Level Roundtable on Europes Digital Future. Neelie Kroes, former vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner for the digital agenda (2009-2014), delivered a keynote and launched Digital Minds … [Read more...] about Three Challenges Europe Faces In Becoming A Competitive Big Data Market
How Big Data Enables Cities to Deal with Urbanization
Since a few decades, more and more people are moving to the cities. In fact, it is expected that the worlds urban areas will almost double in the next coming decades, increasing with over 2.6 billion people. This urbanization will have a significant impact on the worlds largest cities, which will face some massive challenges related to energy, food, security and … [Read more...] about How Big Data Enables Cities to Deal with Urbanization
How Public Data is Creating a New Business Intelligence Market
As far as buzzwords go, Big Data is out and open data is in. Or at least thats what a glance at the headline seems to say. Across the country, states and cities are opening up their data streams to the public. The mayor of Chattanooga, TN, for instance, recently ordered the citys government data be open for public use. Los Angeles did the same thing. In both cases, the cities … [Read more...] about How Public Data is Creating a New Business Intelligence Market
How Open Data Portals Will Stimulate Innovation and Economic Growth
Not only organizations are sitting on huge piles of data, also governments are known for creating enormous amounts of data. In fact, they are one of the biggest data-creators in the world and all this (raw) data can be worth a lot of money. McKinsey estimated in 2011 that the potential value of Big Data for the European Sector would be up to 250 billion per year in 2020. … [Read more...] about How Open Data Portals Will Stimulate Innovation and Economic Growth
