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Title Data brokers and the need for transparency and accountability / Stephen Beake, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2014]

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Series Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship
Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.
Contents DATA BROKERS AND THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY; DATA BROKERS AND THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: DATA BROKERS:ACALL FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DATA ACQUISITION; III. DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS; IV. TYPES OF PRODUCTS; V. DATA QUALITY; VI. CLIENTS; VII. CONSUMER CONTROLS OVER DATA BROKER INFORMATION; VIII. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A. TEXT OF THE MODEL ORDER
APPENDIX B. ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF DATA ELEMENTS AND SEGMENTSAPPENDIX C. CONCURRING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER JULIE BRILL; Chapter 2: STATEMENT OF JESSICA RICH, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF CONSUMER PROTECTION, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. HEARINGON ''WHAT INFORMATION DO DATABROKERS HAVE ON CONSUMERS, AND HOWDO THEY USE IT?''; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BACKGROUND ON FTC INITIATIVES CONCERNING DATA BROKER PRIVACY PRACTICES; III. THE COMMISSION'S ONGOING INITIATIVES REGARDING DATA BROKERS; CONCLUSION
Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH TUROW, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA. HEARING ON ''WHATINFORMATION DO DATA BROKERS HAVE ONCONSUMERS, AND HOW DO THEY USE IT?''Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF TONY HADLEY, SENIORVICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRSAND PUBLIC POLICY, EXPERIAN. HEARINGON ''WHAT INFORMATION DO DATABROKERS HAVE ON CONSUMERS, AND HOWDO THEY USE IT?''; Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF JERRY CERASALE, SENIORVICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRSAND PUBLIC POLICY, DIRECT MARKETINGASSOCIATION (DMA). HEARING ON ''WHATINFORMATION DO DATA BROKERS HAVEON CONSUMERS, AND HOW DO THEYUSE IT?''
I. INTRODUCTIONII. THE VALUE OF DATA; III. THE RESPONSIBLE COLLECTION AND USE OF CONSUMER DATA; IV. THE VALUE OF SELF-REGULATION IN THE DATA DRIVEN MARKETING ECONOMY; Chapter 6: INFORMATION RESELLERS:CONSUMER PRIVACY FRAMEWORK NEEDSTO REFLECT CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGYAND THE MARKETPLACE. STATEMENT OFALICIA PUENTE CACKLEY, DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL MARKETS AND COMMUNITYINVESTMENT, GOVERNMENTACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE. HEARING ON''WHAT INFORMATION DO DATA BROKERSHAVE ON CONSUMERS, ANDHOW DO THEY USE IT?''; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND
Several laws apply in specific circumstances to consumer data that resellers holdlaws have limited scope over personal data used for marketing; views differ on approaches to privacy law and consumer interests; index
Summary This book is the result of a study of nine data brokers, representing a cross-section of the industry, undertaken by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to shed light on the data broker industry. Data brokers obtain and share vast amounts of consumer information, typically behind the scenes, without consumer knowledge. Data brokers sell this information for marketing campaigns and fraud prevention, among other purposes. Although consumers benefit from data broker practices which, for example, help enable consumers to find and enjoy the products and services they prefer, data broker practices al
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Subject Database industry -- United States
Information services industry -- United States
Consumer profiling -- United States
Consumer protection -- United States
Privacy, Right of -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Information Management.
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
LAW -- Privacy.
Information services industry
Database industry
Consumer protection
Consumer profiling
Information services -- Government policy
Privacy, Right of
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Beake, Stephen, editor
LC no. 2020679721
ISBN 9781633216082
163321608X