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How Big Data Justifies Mining Your Social Data
GMGruman writes "Paul Krill reports that one of the big uses of the new "Big Data" analytics technology is to mine the information people post through social networking. Which led him to ask 'What gives Twitter, Facebook, et al. the right to mine that data?' It turns out, users do when they sign up for social networking services, even if they don't realize that — but less clear is the ownership of other information on the Web that these tools also mine."
Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law.
Not knowing that murder is illegal will not get you off. Not knowing that speeding is illegal won't get you off a fine. Not knowing that slander can get you sued won't get you off.
Your comment is as redundant as the article.