Data mining is an industry that relies on gathering and trading personal information. Time columnist Joel Stein decided to put data mining companies to the test and, although one of them listed him as a woman, it turns out they knew quite a bit about him.
Putting data mining to the test
Data mining is an industry that relies on gathering and trading personal information. Time columnist Joel Stein decided to put data mining companies to the test and, although one of them listed him as a woman, it turns out they knew quite a bit about him.
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