contents

 

  

Front matter

foreword

preface

acknowledgments

about this book

about the author

about the cover illustration

  

  1 A history of data

  1.1   A concerning situation

Life cycle of a video, picture, text, email, or file

All your online actions create permanent records of your activity

Intelligent choices

  1.2   An example: Genetic testing and reporting

Genetic sequencing

  1.3   The beginnings of modern data

Commercial data and analytics: Data as a valuable commodity

How our data rights and right to compensation were diverted

Let’s jump forward to the late 20th century in the UK 8

  1.4   Modern data in the present day

The dangers of social media

People are waking up to the abuse of our data

And here we find ourselves

  1.5   The new and current view and value of data