CHAPTER 6

Government, Governance, Data, and You

Where is your data, exactly? Do you know how it has been folded, sorted, sold, and abused since you signed up for that useful free internet tool? How much of your private life has slipped into the public domain through innocent games and chat online? They say that McDonalds may not have the best burgers in the world, but their real estate portfolio is second to none. The business of the company you subscribe to is not based on providing you with a free service, but on selling your details directly or indirectly to a hungry market. If the product is free, then you are the product.

Scandals over data breaches, misuse of our personal information, and increasingly complex regulation have brought the ...

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