Data has surpassed oil as the world's most valuable resource, much of it controlled by just five mega-companies — and jurisdictions are struggling with how to contain, regulate and protect all those ones and zeros.
The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data
The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules
Data Supply Chains
Data is a critical resource. Like oil, gold, or lithium, both companies and countries covet data. Ultimately, like oil, data’s flow can enrich those that posses
Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future (Paperback)
Jer Thorp’s analysis of the word “data” in 10,325 New York Times stories written between 1984 and 2018 shows a distinct trend: among the words most closely associated with “data,” we find not only its classic companions “information” and “digital,” but also a variety of new neighbors—from “scandal” and “misinformation” to “ethics,” “friends,” and “play.”To live in data in the twenty-first century
Social Cooling - Big Data's long term side-effect
If data is the new oil, what's the new global warming? Social Cooling asks the question: is our faith in big data slowly making us more well behaved.. but less human?
Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data
(September 2020) - Data is nonrival: a person's location history, medical records, and driving data can be used by many firms simultaneously. Nonrivalry leads to increasing returns. As a result, there may be social gains to data being used broadly across firms, even in the presence of privacy considerations. Fearing creative destruction, firms may choose to hoard their data, leading to the inefficient use of nonrival data. Giving data property rights to consumers can generate allocations that are close to optimal. Consumers balance their concerns for privacy against the economic gains that come from selling data broadly.
Opinion | The Dark Market for Personal Data (Published 2014)
Companies should disclose the information they sell about us.
What is your personal data worth?
Three markets trade your data. Get your price tag in each — free, private, sourced.
Data Is the New Copper
Data breaches fuel a complex cybercriminal ecosystem, similar to copper thefts after the financial crisis.
MyData
The human-centric approach to data is aimed at a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society. In such a society, people get value from their data and set the agenda on how it is used. And for organisations, the ethical use of data is always the most attractive option.
How statistics lost their power – and why we should fear what comes next | William Davies
The Long Read: The ability of statistics to accurately represent the world is declining. In its wake, a new age of big data controlled by private companies is taking over – and putting democracy in peril
Big Data’s Radical Potential
Today, big data is used to boost profits and spy on civilians. But what if it was harnessed for the social good?
GDPR, China and data sovereignty are ultimately wins for Amazon and Google | TechCrunch
The Great Privacy Policy Email Deluge of 2018 may have finally petered out, but we are just starting to build an understanding of who the winners and
How Open Data Is Transforming City Life
Start a business. Manage your power use. Find cheap rents, or avoid crime-ridden neighborhoods. Cities and their citizens worldwide are discovering the power of “open data”—public data and information available from government and other sources that can help solve civic problems and create new business opportunities.
Operationalizing the Legal Principle of Data Minimization for...
Article 5(1)(c) of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires that "personal data shall be [...] adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to...
Data for Good – Vancouver | Data professionals for Non-profits
Data for Good Vancouver, BC connects skilled data professionals with local non-profits. Let's using data to create positive change.
