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The New York Times [nytimes.com] reports:

[...] only industry executives are currently set to testify. And most of them are lawyers and policy experts, not engineers versed in the mechanics of data-mining algorithms.

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Frederick Hill, a spokesman for the Senate Commerce Committee, said the group planned future hearings that would include other voices, such as consumer groups. [...]

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[...] consumer advocates hope senators will press AT&T, Amazon and other companies this week to provide more details on their consumer-profiling practices.

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