Report: Data Mining - An Overview
Data mining includes the collection and analysis of information and the subsequent use of the product to predict some terrorist activities. That's a very oversimplified definition. In addition to its potentially beneficial uses for public safety, it also has potentially detrimental uses to deprive us of our privacy.
For a better understanding of data mining, see Data Mining - An Overview prepared by the Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, and updated on June 7, 2005.
The topics covered in the report include:
For a better understanding of data mining, see Data Mining - An Overview prepared by the Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, and updated on June 7, 2005.
The topics covered in the report include:
- What is data mining
- Limitations of data mining
- Data mining issues (data quality, interoperability, mission creep, privacy)
- Legislation in the 108th Congress
- Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Information for further reading
posted by Bill McCrory | 4:00 PM
1 Comments:
I checked some of this stuff out before I experienced a computer glitch. Something "Creep" got my attention on page 13 before it all went haywire. I believe that much of this is just a waste of taxpayer money and a pseudoscience, but then we all need jobs.
Private citizens must hire an attorney when their privacy has been invaded, governnment bureaucrats can lean on the AG's office when they mess up -- no accountability there.
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