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Should We Be Able to Buy and Sell our Personal Financial and Medical Data?

Should We Be Able to Buy and Sell our Personal Financial and Medical Data?

Dennis D. McDonald
Data Access, Identity, Market Research, NSA, Personal Data Ownership, Privacy, , , Web 2.0
When I first heard about USA Today breaking the NSA domestic phone spying scandal involving the major long distance phone companies, I wasn’t surprised. I won’t even be surprised when, in the next few months, word leaks out that Federal agencies are also involved in non-court-approved electronic screening of domestic call traffic looking for specific words and word combinations.
Who Controls Personal Data?

Who Controls Personal Data?

Dennis D. McDonald
Data Access, Identity, Personal Data Ownership, Privacy, , , , Web 2.0
Back in the Day, my favorite Latin quote was an example of the Ablative Absolute: “Eo Imperium Tenente, Eventum Timeo.” Loosely translated, this means, “Because he holds the power, I fear the outcome.” In some ways, fear and uncertainty exist today since, in many cases, people don’t understand, or even know, who has the “power” over how their personal data are used.