BIG DATA, BIG RESPONSIBILITY: Who will protect our personal information?

According to the report “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values” issued by U.S. president Barack Obama’s administration in May 2014, personal data management may be better off in the hands of academia.

You have got to be kidding; I wouldn't trust academia to clean out my cats' litter box, much less trust them with personal information. But then none of the choices is appealing; academia is just the 'least untrustworthy'.