IDG Contributor Network: The challenges big data poses to democracy

Last week the U.S. Senate overturned regulations that blocked ISPs and internet companies from selling your private data to the highest bidder. This will make it very difficult—nay, impossible—to protect your online privacy. With the threat big data already poses to political neutrality, the chilling effect this has on our democracy could be far reaching.Companies track your every click, your entire browsing history, every article you read and every person you talk to online. The sho