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Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability

Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability

Federal Trade Commission

Paperback

General Political Science

ISBN10: 1508815127
ISBN13: 9781508815129
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 11 2015
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.23 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
In today's economy, Big Data is big business. Data brokers-companies that collect consumers' personal information and resell or share that information with others-are important participants in this Big Data economy. In this report, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) discusses the results of an indepth study of nine data brokers. These data brokers collect personal information about consumers from a wide range of sources and provide it for a variety of purposes, including verifying an individual's identity, marketing products, and detecting fraud. Because these companies generally never interact with consumers, consumers are often unaware of their existence, much less the variety of practices in which they engage. By reporting on the data collection and use practices of these nine data brokers, which represent a cross-section of the industry, this report attempts to shed light on the data broker industry and its practices.

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