Data Justice has issued a new report indicating companies’ control of personal information “is not just an issue of privacy but is becoming a critical issue of economic justice,” Huffington Post reports. Data Justice Director Nathan Newman writes, “This steady loss of data by individuals into the hands of increasingly centralized corporate hands is helping drive a large portion of the economic inequality that has become central to the political debate in our nation.” The report proposes steps “to making big data work for everyone”—including requiring explicit consent and better informing users of how data is being used and how companies profit from it. Editor's Note: The IAPP Europe Data Protection Intensive will feature a session entitled," Is Big Brother Still Watching You? Programmatic Marketing, Profiling and Big Data—The Business Challenges."
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