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# The Control of Personal Data by Large Powerful Corporations
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/the-control-of-personal-data-by-large-powerful-corporations/
- Published: 2013-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T07:33:43.000Z
- Description: Nicholas Carr discusses the dangers that occur when large companies such as Twitter, Facebook and Google own the majority of personal data.
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: Big Data

Nicholas Carr, Pulitzer Prize Finalist for his book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, discusses the dangers that occur when large companies such as Twitter, Facebook and Google own the majority of personal data.

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