Governing Big Data

Andrej J. Zwitter; Amelia Hadfield

doi:10.17645/pag.v2i1.2

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Governing Big Data

Andrej J. Zwitter Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Amelia Hadfield Department of Psychology, Politics and Sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

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Abstract: 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day through pictures, messages, gps-data, etc. "Big Data" is seen simultaneously as the new Philosophers Stone and Pandora's box: a source of great knowledge and power, but equally, the root of serious problems.

Keywords: Big Data; privacy; research

Published: 14 April 2014

Issue: Vol 2, No 1 (2014): Multidisciplinary Studies in Politics and Governance

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v2i1.2

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Politics and Governance

Open Access Journal

ISSN: 2183-2463

Governing Big Data