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Global data bodies - intro Dos and donts of the data body economy Virtual body and data body Like that car? The tricks of the data body industry Who are you? Transparent customers. Direct marketing online Online data capturing Feeding the data body Data body mealplan The plastic card invasion Data bunkers Bureaucratic data bunkers Private data bunkers Global hubs of the data body industry Databody convergence Databody economy and the surveillance state Election campaigning and direct marketing Become your own data merchant!  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  Smart card A smart card is a credit-card size plastic card equipped with a microchip. this allows it to store a lot more data than a regular magnetic stripe, and to be recharged. Smart cards are most commonly used for electronic payment, phone calls and other day-to-day applications, but their potential lies in their versatility. Different type of data may be stored on the same smart card. The business expectation of the industry are ambitious, with expectations of an annual turnout of 2.7 bn smart cards by the year 2003.