5    Data and Privacy

DOI: 10.4324/9781003389651-6

No book on big data would be complete without discussing privacy. Given the vast change in the information ecosystem as a result of the big data landscape and the many known privacy concerns1 it is unsurprising that privacy was discussed in every interview and raised organically by all participants. The big data landscape has and continues to radically transform privacy in society broadly.

This chapter explores the impacts on privacy from the big data landscape in two sections. The first section analyses the potential impacts of big data on privacy for intelligence activities. This looks at the way in which big data has changed social conceptions of privacy and challenges global privacy legislative ...

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