INFORMATION OF THE WORLD, UNITE!

STATISTICAL matching; TRANSACTION records; INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems; SECURITY management; DATA quality; TELECOMMUNICATION

This article discusses concerns about the security of electronic data collected in electronic transactions such as cellular telephone calls and credit card purchases. The combination of this information, referred to as data fusion, entails the matching of disparate sources of data in order to find patterns that indicate security issues. The problem of poor data quality in data fusion systems is described. INSETS: FUSION AND CONFUSION;Games People Play;How It Works;IDENTITY THEFT