Big Data analytics: Risks and responsibilities

International Data Privacy Law

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-95

  Krasnow Waterman, K ^a,b   Bruening, Paula J ^c  

^a LawTechIntersect   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 85071271334     PISSN: 20443994     EISSN: 20444001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/idpl/ipu002     Document Type: Article

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