Law Practice
Oct. 13, 2015
Big data, big predictions and privacy
Two trends are conspiring to create an epochal challenge to American privacy law.
Michael A. Troncoso
Managing Counsel
UC Office of General Counsel
From 2011 to 2013, Michael served as chief counsel and chief of public policy in the California attorney general's office. Views expressed here are his alone. He is UC's cybersecurity counsel.
Two trends are conspiring to create an epochal challenge to American privacy law. First, the old chestnut that the world is awash in data is actually true. Humanity created more data in the past few years than in all prior human history combined. Cars, wearables, security cameras, smart locks, even our household appliances: They all collect and transmit data about us and what we're up to at any given time. Second, and more critically, we have incr...
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