The third report in a Big Data four-part research program from technology consultancy Sogeti’s global trend lab VINT offers seven privacy recommendations for the management of large volumes of data.
Paris, France/Diemen, Netherlands, April 9, 2013 – Big Data, the enormous data expansion that is spreading in all respects, is the new oil. The increasing quantity of data is arriving from all kinds of sources; from traditional transactional data to sensors and RFID tags, social media, internet, clouds and mobile devices. VINT, Sogeti’s global trend lab, has just launched its third report on Big Data; Privacy, Technology and the Law.

Privacy, Technology and the Law addresses Privacy-by-Design, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, standardized regulations, and the security responsibilities of organizations that manage large volumes of personal data and use them for contacting members of society. According to the authors of the report, data-driven organizations should adopt adequate privacy...