D5- Personal Information Flashcards
Curbs
[타동사][VN] (특히 좋지 못한 것을) 억제[제한]하다
New Curbs Sought on the Personal Data Industry
The Federal Trade Commission
연방 거래 위원회 ((略 FTC))
call on
(연설 등을) ~에게 청하다[부탁하다] ; 요구하다
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday called on Congress to protect consumers against the unchecked collection
unchecked
(유해한 것이 더 악화되지 않도록) 억제하지[손을 쓰지] 않고 놔 둔
protect consumers against the unchecked collection and sharing of their digital data
marital status
[명사] (특히 공식적인 서식에서) (격식) 혼인 여부
from websites visited to their marital status
suppress
1.억제하다
by providing people with tools to view, suppress and fix their information.
rein in
- to control somebody or something more strictly; ~의 고삐를 죄다[~을 억제하다]
The agency also said the little-known companies, called data brokers, that analyze and sell huge amounts of the consumer information for marketing purposes, needed to be reined in and more transparent to the public.
trade in
[동사] …을 거래하다, 사고 팔다, 취급하다; …을 웃돈을 주고 신품과
바꾸다.
Companies that trade in consumer data, the agency said in a 110-page report about the industry, suffered from “a fundamental lack of transparency.”
affiliations
(개인의 정치・종교적) 소속[가입]
political and religious affiliations
socioeconomic status
(교육학) 사회경제적 지위
demographic
인구 (통계)학의
social and demographic groups
Consumers are placed in data-driven social and demographic groups for marketing purposes with labels like “financially challenged,” “diabetes interest” and “smoker in household,” the report said.
diabetes
당뇨병
diabetes interest
insurers
[명사] 보험업자[회사]
But that same person might also have to pay higher fees for life insurance because insurers infer that person engages in risky behavior.
infer
~ sth (from sth) 추론하다
But that same person might also have to pay higher fees for life insurance because insurers infer that person engages in risky behavior.
authoritative
[형용사] 권위적인
authoritative portrait to date
to date
지금까지
the F.T.C.’s report, the conclusion of an 18-month investigation, is the most detailed and authoritative portrait to date.
momentum
(일의 진행에 있어서의) 탄력[가속도]
The F.T.C. report adds momentum to the push in Washington to put new curbs on how information collected about people is used by companies
speculative
추측에 근거한
The dangers cited by the F.T.C. are speculative
sidestep
[타동사][VN] (대답・문제 처리를) 회피하다
The F.T.C. began policing the data broker industry in 2010, out of concern that companies were using large new sources of digital data and clever software to sidestep the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
credit bureaus
[명사] 상업 흥신소, 신용 조사 기관.
The law permitted the collection of personal financial information by credit bureaus, but sharply limited its use.
correlations
~ (of A with B) 연관성, 상관관계
And the F.T.C. staff worried that the amount of digital data now available because of online browsing and other activities, combined with sophisticated software for spotting correlations and inferences based on the data, make it possible to get around the restrictions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
inferences
[명사] 추론(한 것)
And the F.T.C. staff worried that the amount of digital data now available because of online browsing and other activities, combined with sophisticated software for spotting correlations and inferences based on the data, make it possible to get around the restrictions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
be in step (with)
보조가 맞다
In a statement on Tuesday, Acxiom said it generally agreed with the observations in the F.T.C. report and that the industry’s current code of conduct and best practices are largely in step with the F.T.C.
