Privacy, obfuscation, and propertization

• Published in: IFLA journal Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 229 - 239
• Main Author: Doyle, Tony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2018; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Big Data; Intellectual property; Personal information; Privacy; privacy; Autonomy; information technology; big data; propertization; obfuscation

As our digital wake ripples out, big data is standing by to ride it, applying its analytics to make unnerving inferences about our characters, preferences, and future behavior. This paper addresses the challenge that big data presents to privacy. I examine what are perhaps the two most promising att...