On the internet, the personal data users give away for free is transformed into a precious commodity. The puppy photos people upload train machines to be smarter. The questions they ask Google uncover ...

At its core, the personal data economy of the twenty-first century presents a question of power. Today there is a new rush to extract and exploit a previously untapped asset. The financial rewards ...

It was not that long ago that nine out of ten U.S. doctors stored their patients' records in color-coded files and updated them by hand. Now, approximately 85% of nationwide office-based physicians ...

Data rules the world, but who rules the data? The companies that collect it? The servers that store it? The cables and satellites that transmit it? Or the laws that keep it flowing into the right ...

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About 14.9 million people around the world died as a direct or indirect result of Covid-19 in the period between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, according to new estimates from the World ...

With all of the data breaches and accusations of improper data usage in the news these days, the question of who owns data looms large. Understanding who owns which data is a complex question that can ...