Privacy concerns could limit benefits from real-time data analysis, researcher says

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 14:42 in Mathematics & Economics

Society will be unable to take full advantage of real-time data analysis technologies that might improve health, reduce traffic congestion and give scientists new insights into human behavior until it resolves questions about how much of a person's life can be observed and by whom, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist contends in a commentary published Friday in the journal Science.

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