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On the other hand are the data bunkers of the private sector, whose position is different. Although these are fast-growing engines of data collection with a much greater degree of dynamism, they may not have the same privileged position - although one has to differentiate among the general historical and social conditions into which a data bunker is embedded. For example, it can safely be assumed that the databases of a large credit card company or bank are more protected than the bureaucracies of small developing countries.

Private data bunkers include

    Banks

    Building societies

    Credit bureaus

    Credit card companies

    Direct marketing companies

    Insurance companies

    Telecom service providers

    Mail order stores

    Online stores





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Data Bodies
    Global data bodies - intro
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-3   The plastic card invasion
-2   Data bunkers
-1   Bureaucratic data bunkers
0   Private data bunkers
+1   Global hubs of the data body industry
+2   Databody convergence
+3   Databody economy and the surveillance state
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