Posts Tagged ‘big data analytics’

4 Privacy Predictions for 2015

Saturday, November 29th, 2014

It is that time of the year again…time for prognostications about the year ahead!

I was asked to provide a few predictions for 2015. Based upon not only what I’ve seen in 2014, but also foreshadowing from the past two-three decades, here are some realistic possibilities.  (more…)

10 Big Data Analytics Privacy Problems

Thursday, June 26th, 2014

Big data analytics are being used more widely every day for an even wider number of reasons. These new methods of applying analytics certainly can bring innovative improvements for business. For example, retail businesses are successfully using big data analytics to predict the hot items each season, and to predict geographic areas where demand will be greatest, just to name a couple of uses.

The power of big data analytics is so great that in addition to all the positive business possibilities, there are just as many new privacy concerns being created.  Here are ten of the most significant privacy risks. (more…)