The use of "big data" saves lives and makes the economy run more efficiently, but new legislation is necessary to protect Americans' privacy and to make certain analytics are not used by businesses to discriminate against customers, President Obama's advisers say.
The findings come in a report released Thursday by the White House in response to a promise by President Obama to explore how advancing analytic technologies are changing society and what impact the changes are having on personal privacy.
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