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Global Data Bodies Data are the most important resource for the New Economy and have become a commodity more valuable than money. Data-mining companies are keeping detailed files on millions of people, which are shared, sold or rented and guarantee the information economy a formidable added value. World-Information.Org investigates the methods and practices of the <ahref="?quicksearch=1&qkeyword=71">data industry and displays the effects of this development to the right to privacy especially the risk of abuse of personal information and the dynamics of social control. Related search: Global Data Bodies browse Report: Research Areas -3   World-Infostructure -2   Global Brain-Ware -1   Global Content Channels 0   Global Data Bodies +1   Global Digital Security +2   Global Info-Rights +3   Global Market +4   Global Networks  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) DSL connections are high-speed data connections over copper wire telephone lines. As with cable connections, with DSL you can look up information on the Internet and make a phone call at the same time but you do not need to have a new or additional cable or line installed. One of the most prominent DSL services is ISDN (integrated services digital network, for more information click here ( http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/4/0,5716,129614+15,00.html )). http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/4/0...