That’s the conclusion of a report published today by Tory think tank Policy Exchange, which counts among its list of trustees California-based Google wonk Rachel Whetstone, who is married to Steve Hilton – the former “Big Society” adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron.
Big Data – the latest buzzword encompassing data hoarding and processing – is repeatedly making a big splash in Whitehall with many ministers happy-clapping such an “initiative”.
More:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/04/policy_exchange_big_data/
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Few consumers have heard of Acxiom. But analysts say that it has amassed the world’s largest commercial database on consumers – and that it wants to know much, much more
http://vrritti.com/2012/06/18/few-consumers-have-heard-of-acxiom-but-analysts-say-that-it-has-amassed-the-worlds-largest-commercial-database-on-consumers-and-that-it-wants-to-know-much-much-more/
