Data for the People: How to Make Our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You

A long-time chief data scientist at Amazon shows how open data can make everyone, not just corporations, richerEvery time we Google something, Facebook someone, Uber somewhere, or even just turn on a light, we create data that businesses collect and use to make decisions about us.In many ways this has improved our lives, yet, we as individuals do not benefit from this wealth of data as much as we could.Moreover, whether it is a bank evaluating our credit worthiness, an insurance company determining our risk level, or a potential employer deciding whether we get a job, it is likely that this data will be used against us rather than for us. In Data for the People, Andreas Weigend draws on his years as a consultant for commerce, education, healthcare, travel and finance companies to outline how Big Data can work better for all of us.As of today, how much we benefit from Big Data depends on how closely the interests of big companies align with our own.Too often, outdated standards of contr