John Podesta, a counselor to the president, announced in The White House Blog he will lead a review on how “Big Data will affect the way we live and work; the relationship between government and citizens, and how public and privacy sectors can spur innovation and maximize the opportunities and free flow of this information while minimizing the risks to privacy.” Podesta will be joined by the secretaries of commerce and energy as well as science and economic advisors and “other senior government officials” to “help identify technological changes to watch; whether those technological changes are addressed by the U.S.’s current policy framework, and highlight where further government action” may be needed. Meanwhile, Future of Privacy Forum Director Jules Polonetsky, CIPP/US, and George Mason University’s Adam Thierer appeared on PBS Newshour to discuss the future of privacy in a Big Data world.
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