GigaOM, May 17, 2011
By Derrick Harris

If consumers value their social media and personalized Web experiences, and if the government is serious about pushing analytics as a major skill set for the next-generation economy, they need to consider the issue of big data in terms of its pros as well as in terms of its obvious cons such as privacy and security implications. It might be tempting to clamp down on data practices or to click "do not track" and shut off the personal-data firehose, but such decisions could have far greater implications than meets the eye.

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