Title: Explain how personal data is compiled, analyzed, and used to make decisions in family and consumer sciences.
Course: Cybersecurity in Family and Consumer Sciences (19299-I) > Section: Protecting Family and Consumer Sciences Data

Explanation should include

- defining big data and data mining (the process or techniques used to analyze large sets of existing information to discover previously unrevealed patterns or correlations)
- identifying where and how big data are stored and by whom
- identifying how big data is used
- explaining useful data that identifies and tracks individuals
- predicting how organizations customize communication with their target market based on an individual’s digital footprint.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between big data and data mining?
- Why would an organization want to track an individual?

Teacher Resource:

- National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center's Cyber Business Module: You are the Data