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Data mining
A day in the life of a data mined kid
by
Adriene Hill
Sep 15, 2014
Millions of pieces of data are being collected on students everyday. How safe is it?
Bringing a smarter approach to American healthcare
by
Molly Wood
Jul 9, 2014
Why "Big Data" may help hospitals deliver better care outcomes.
Stacey Vanek Smith, this is your data profile
Sep 5, 2013
Reporter Stacey Vanek Smith delves into the world of data mining and comes face to face with her data profile.
Congress takes up NSA's data mining allowance
by
Molly Wood
Jul 24, 2013
The House of Representatives votes on an amendment to take away money from the NSA today. It's part of the $500 billion defense spending bill and it's got the tech industry up in arms.
Text vs. phone data: Which is more valuable to the government?
by
Molly Wood
Jun 7, 2013
Government tracking of Verizon telephone records raises the question of just how valuable phone information really is. Would it be more useful to track text message records?
Businesses like Verizon know more about you than you think
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 6, 2013
The NSA order for Verizon's customer data highlights how much the private sector knows about their customers, and the restrictions on how they use it.
How is the government going to find anything in the Verizon phone data?
Jun 6, 2013
Verizon is reportedly handing the National Security Agency data on every customer's calls. So how does the government go about finding needles on the digital haystack?
For public good, not for profit.
A health datapalooza: Washington and private health care's quest to mine health data
Jun 3, 2013
For two days, nearly 2,000 data geeks, entrepreneurs, federal bureaucrats and medical folks will descend on Washington, D.C., hoping to help solve the nation’s health care crisis through algorithms and spreadsheets.
In Kenya, increasing interest in data mining
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Julia Simon
Feb 27, 2013
The growth of Kenya's increasingly-affluent middle class has brought a consumer explosion. Now there's mounting international interest in mining that data to improve businesses' profitability.
Your usual extra pillow, Ma’am? British Airways mines passenger data
by
Molly Wood
Jul 10, 2012
British Airways is getting some flak from privacy watchdogs about its new Know Me program. The company will create a little database about business class and first class passengers, including photos from Google images and information gathered during previous flights -- things like the seat or drink you prefer or if you like an extra blanket.
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