Cool talk alert: What’s the big deal with big data?

Last week, we found out that the quislings at Yahoo! essentially created a command + F function for the National Security Agency (NSA) to look through the emails of its users. It’s no surprise that the NSA would pursue the personal information of American email users, but it was yet another reminder of the precarious position of our personal information on the internet.
What is ours? What is safe? What are we willing to sacrifice for security or convenience or a really good deal on athleisure?
Next Wednesday, Oct. 19, Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship (CUBE) will hold a panel discussion with experts from academia and law on that very topic from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30pm.
“Do the benefits of data collection and usage outweigh the privacy intrusions?” the event asks. “Does Blockchain, or other emerging technologies, somehow save us and our data from control by (un)trusted intermediaries while advancing the value of a data-driven world? How do lawyers wrestle with these questions in a real-world context?”
Panelists include:

• Solon Barocas, Postdoc Researcher, New York City Lab, Microsoft Research (Our sister site Technical.ly Philly has covered a talk Barocas gave about how algorithms can reinforce racial discrimination in hiring.)
• Dimitri Nemirovsky, Cofounder of Reyhani Nemirovsky LLP and Vida Identity
• Rachel F. Strom, Partner, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP
• Dana V. Syracuse, Counsel, BuckleySandler LLP

Tickets are free and open to the public.
Register Here