Big Tech Wants Your Body
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Your body may be a wonderland or a wasteland, but it is a goldmine of data. Collectors of information have noticed. In our midwinter exploration of the economic and legal foundations of data regulation, we next turn to a natural tool for personal identification, for ongoing transactions (like breathing, walking, and heartbeats), and for categorization – your body. Big tech wants your body, and apparently, we are willing to offer our bodily data upon the altar of big tech. Regulators know this and are beginning to address biometrics – the measurements ta...