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NEWS ABOUT: data mining

data mining stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - Big Brother alert: A data-mining system set up by the FBI ostensibly to catch terrorists is quickly growing into a database that tracks the comings and goings of ordinary citizens. The database has tens of thousands of records from private corporations, including some Wyndham hotel reservations, Avis car rentals, and... More »

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FBI • privacy • airline • data mining • car rental • personal information

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No Child Left Unrecruited

Pentagon uses NCLB, other sneaky means
to get info on teens
in high school

Sep 1, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The military is using a host of behind-the-scenes methods—including the No Child Left Behind Act—to gather information on high school students for recruitment, writes David Goodman in Mother Jones. A little-known provision in NCLB, for instance, requires schools that get funding to supply recruiters with info on... More »

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Pentagon • Army recruiting • US military • recruitment • Department of Defense • data mining • high school students • Army Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

(Newser) - A Stanford computer science professor who mentored Google's founders has drowned in his swimming pool, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rajeev Motwani, 47, who could not swim, drowned at his Atherton, Calif., home, leaving a wife, two daughters, and many admirers in Silicon Valley. “It's a rare combination... More »

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Google • Stanford • Sergey Brin • India • death • drowning • data mining • professor

Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet

Link data of local
police agencies for instantaneous search

Mar 6, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Law enforcement agencies all over the country are building a new information "dragnet" that will dramatically boost data-sharing,  the Washington Post reports. This month the Justice Department will begin hooking up local and county police forces to the new federal National Data Exchange, creating a "one-stop-shop" that... More »

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Department of Justice • police • privacy • domestic intelligence • Department of Homeland Security • data mining • data • national database • National Data Exchange

Company Yanks Online Cell Directory

90 million numbers taken offline after consumers freaked out

Feb 2, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Data company Intelius scoured business records and other sources and managed to compile around half the cellphone numbers in America, MSNBC reports. When it put those 90 million numbers online, available to anybody paying a $15 fee, people were outraged. Consumers were shocked to find their private cellphone numbers were... More »

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cell phones • Verizon • privacy • data mining • cell phone data services • Intelius

Airline Sleuths Dig Up Data to Save Lives

Flight record scans reveal hidden risks, prevent crashes

Jan 13, 08 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Airlines and air safety investigators have a new way to snoop for clues that can help avoid future accidents, the Washington Post reports. While they once depended on crash remains for evidence, they have now gone digital, pursuing daily probes of thousands of computer records and pilots' reports to dig... More »

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FAA • US Airways • airline • data mining • airline safety • air travel • Southwest Airlines • National Transportation Safety Board

Data Digger Arms Pols With Dirt on Voters

Gives scoop on your friends, arrests, finances, web habits

Dec 17, 07 11:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Political data miner Aristotle Inc has worked for every president since Reagan, 200 House candidates last year, and several current presidential hopefuls. Now the firm’s founder is debuting technology that breaks ground in accessing private information—revealing voters’ income, house value, conviction history, and even online behavior. One privacy... More »

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privacy • data mining • Ross Perot • Orange Revolution • Aristotle • voter information • George W. Bush

CIA, Wal-Mart, Fox News Purge Wiki Entries

Hacker reveals vanity changes to online encyclopedia articles

Aug 14, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new data-mining tool has tracked the identities of the anonymous users who make edits to Wikipedia entries—and revealed that Wal-Mart, voting-machine magnate Diebold, and even Fox News have tried to bowdlerize or spin their appearances in the online encyclopedia. And they're not the only ones, Wired reports. More »

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CIA • Internet • Wikipedia • data mining • Diebold • appearances • Wal-Mart

DNI Exposes Broader Spying

Gonzales still under fire for perjury

Aug 1, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The executive branch has had more authority to spy on citizens than yet reported, the Washington Post revealed today. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell explained yesterday that the controversial NSA warrantless wiretapping and data mining program was only one element in a broader series of secret surveillance activities issued... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Charles Schumer • Arlen Specter • NSA • spy • surveillance • wiretap • executive order • Mike McConnell • DNI • data mining • warrantless wiretapping

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