Civil Liberties and Datamining?

As the use of data mining to make better(or profitable) policy/business decisions is gaining ground, an undercurrent of concerns related to improper use of data is also developing.

I recently posted an article about this on the Analytics Happenings linkedin group, which deals with the controversy related to using data mining for for medical marketing.

Here is another interesting article from The Constitution Project that echoes some of these concerns.

Basically, there is call the have civil liberties and privacy law concerns baked into policy related data mining


Opposites Agree on Data Mining's Importance and the Need for Controls Security Management

For those working in lending or insurance industries, the call for these restrictions might not be anything new, as some of are already in place there.

However, I hope this undercurrent of concern does not slow down or kill the adoption of analytics in newer areas.

Here is the link the original report: 

http://www.constitutionproject.org/pdf/DataMiningPublication.pdf