Executive Update

Big Data: Part I -- New Privacy Concerns

Posted January 31, 2013 | Technology | Leadership | Leadership |

Early in 2012 my 12-year-old son ran down to my office after getting home from school and said, "Hey, Mommy, did you know that Walmart can tell when you're pregnant? And so can Target! Even before anyone else knows! They got a girl in trouble when they sent her dad coupons for baby stuff and congratulated her!"

About The Author
Rebecca Herold
Rebecca Herold, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CIPM, CIPT, CIPP/US, FLMI, is CEO, The Privacy Professor; Partner, Compliance Helper; and owner/partner for HIPAACompliance.org. Ms. Herold has more than two decades of privacy and information security experience and has provided information security, privacy, and compliance services to organizations in a wide range of industries throughout the world. She has been named among the "Best Privacy Advisers"… Read More
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