Contents

• Community, Nation & Business
• Privacy/Individually
• References

Description

Dataveillance is a systematic use of data in a community, nation or a business. With the advancement in technology, society and businesses are increasingly using information technology to make the best use of available information in hand and how to derive at more meaningful information out of the data accumulated. This tool of information management is increasingly used as a tool of data management in companies to explore the information used by the market and also to study the new emerging trends used by competitors. Dataveillance has proved to be a profit making tool for businesses which derive revenue by reading invisible actions of the competitors (Clarke, R. A., 1988). Hence proved that dataveillance is a powerful tool for information. The following paragraphs will explain that society and nation as a whole are no exception to this new technology and are exploring this advanced technique for value of profit and difficulty.