Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Oxford University

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Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University's Oxford Internet Institute; author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age and co-author of Big Data: A Revolution that Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

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With every click, tap and swipe on our digital devices we're creating massive amounts of data — messages, purchases, status updates – and we're archiving everything we do for…

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With every click, tap and swipe on our digital devices we're creating massive amounts of data — messages, purchases, status updates – and we're archiving everything we do for…

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Netflix used Big Data to determine that 27 million subscribers would like the series  House of Cards , starring Kevin Spacey.

What Big Data Means for Your Life, Now and in the Future

Netflix used Big Data to determine that 27 million subscribers would like the series House of Cards , starring Kevin Spacey.

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