Watch how you handle big data, FTC warns businesses

Computerworld:  If your company uses big data, be aware: the FTC is watching, and it's concerned.

For all its potential benefits, big data can lead to discrimination and worsen economic disparity, the Federal Trade Commission warned in a new report that includes caveats and guidelines for businesses. Entitled "Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?" the report stems from a 2014 FTC workshop by the same name and incorporates the public comments that followed.

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