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Subject: Credit card use is ripe for data mining

July 1, 2009. MarketPlace, Public Radio Story: These days, credit card companies are taking plastic away from a lot of consumers. To figure out whose credit to cut, companies look at where you live, where you shop, and what you buy. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports on data profiling.

Robert Grossman

Robert Grossman, director for the National Center for Data Mining in Chicago, creates behavioral models at his company, Open Data Group. (Stacey Vanek-Smith / Marketplace)


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