Data Brokers and Security. Risks and Vulnerabilities Related to Commercially Available Data
Data Brokers and Security. Risks and Vulnerabilities Related to Commercially Available Data

Author(s): Henrik Twetman, Gundars Bergmanis-Korats, Nora Biteniece, Rolf Fredheim, Giorgio Bertolini, Sebastian Bay
Contributor(s): Anna Reynolds (Editor)
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Keywords: Data brokers; commercially available data; internet activity; biometric data; new technology; industry of data;
Summary/Abstract: As connected individuals, part of a modern society, we generate data with everything we do. Every card-payment, website visit, browser search, social media post, and online message yields data points. Our phones register every action taken in every downloaded app; if the GPS is active they register every place we visit; and if we use biometric data monitoring they register our every heartbeat. It is virtually impossible to get an overview of the data we use and generate—data are everywhere. The overwhelming abundance of data has ushered in the ‘age of analytics’, where data informs the decisions, strategies, and activities of governments, corporations, and individuals.

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