[EurActiv] Big data pitches the EU against US government and corporates

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The benefits of big data are being squashed under a steamroller of short-term corporate interests and the privacy abuses of security infrastructure, argues Joe McNamee. […]

In the European Parliament, the vast majority of the approximately 4,000 amendments tabled by our representatives seek to add complexity, decrease predictability and undermine privacy rights. All the core elements of individuals’ control of their own data are being attacked. […]

There is still time to save the process. With recent revelations, elections next year and the current legislative package, we will never have a better opportunity to comprehensively address these questions.

Edward Snowden has given us a wake-up call. Will we wake up on time?

http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/data-protection-online-influence-analysis-530994