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Big data security problems threaten consumers' privacy

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imageWho has your personal data, and how secure is it? Do you even know?Card and lock image from shutterstock.com

As more personal information is collected up by ever-more-powerful computers, giant sets of data – big data – have become available for not only legitimate uses but also abuses.

Big data has an enormous potential to revolutionize...

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