What Stays in Vegas: The World of Personal Data--Lifeblood of Big Business--And the End of Privacy as We Know It
The World of Personal Data, Lifeblood of Big Business and the End of Privacy as We Know It
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- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2016
Summary
The greatest threat to privacy today is not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers, and other firms are voraciously gathering data with little oversight from anyone.In Las Vegas, no company knows the value of data better than Caesars Entertainment. Many thousands of enthusiastic clients pour through the ever-open doors of their casinos. The secret to the company’s success lies in their one unrivaled asset: they know their clients intimately by tracking th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781610396394 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1610396391 |
| Author: | Adam Tanner |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | First Trade Paper Edition |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 147mm x 229mm |
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About The Author
Adam Tanner
Adam Tanner writes about the business of personal data. He is a fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University and was previously a Nieman fellow there. Tanner has worked for Reuters News Agency as Balkans bureau chief (based in Belgrade, Serbia), as well as San Francisco bureau chief, and has had previous postings in Berlin, Moscow, and Washington, DC. He also contributes to Forbes and other magazines.
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