AI, ML, and Data Analytics in the Age of Privacy Regulations

Back in 2010, the privacy of big data -- personal user data specifically -- was already considered if not a dying-out concept then, shall we say, an endangered species. At that time, a big chunk of the discussions on the topic were positive, in the spirit of'the more open-source and connected the digital world grows, the better'. Nine years later, the general sentiment could not have been more different. Today, data privacy, security, and governance are major concerns, propelled by the rising governmental regulations. More than a hundred countries have various data privacy laws, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) being among the most prominent of them.