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The article discusses the potential significance of data collection and data collection platforms, analysis, and distribution to the creation and function of markets and technology competition during the early 21st century. According to the article, government regulators may find that changing technology will make antitrust arguments more difficult.

The article reports that Keith Alexander, director of the U.S. National Security Agency has declassified various documents regarding the U.S. government's phone data collection program while the administration of the U.S. President Barack Obama has struggled to relieve the outrage on Capitol Hill.

The article reports on the appeal made by the organization the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to the Appeals Court to temporarily shut down the National Security Agency to delay the collection of the bulk phone records of Americans.

The article offers U.S. news briefs as of June 16, 2015 including the status on the propose trade policy regulation by U.S. President Barack Obama, the controversies regarding the collection of telephone metadata to Americans and the passage of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008.

The article reports that a federal judge from a secret court rejected the request of U.S. Barack Obama's administration to extend storage of National Security Agency (NSA) telephone surveillance data beyond the five-year limit in 2014.

The article announces the appointment of John Podesta, chief of staff to former U.S. President Bill Clinton, to lead the White House agenda on income inequality and a study into the risks of bulk data collection by the government and private corporations.

The article looks at advances in electronic data collection technologies, as of 2013, citing products including wearable self-tracking devices by General Electric Co. and augmented-reality eyeglasses by Internet company Google Inc. and discussing privacy and other concerns about such products.