Work Area: Transactions
Non-personal data framework could harm India
Major global software providers have warned that India’s plan to regulate non-personal data could chill investment and innovation in the country, put data processors in an “impossible situation” and have effects beyond the country’s borders.
11 September 2020
Data, the new blood: Barriers and the future
Data is valuable both to individuals it relates to and society as a whole. What would it take for people to give their data away for free? In the final article of a three-part series on data donation, GDR investigates the barriers that get in the way of the practice and considers how it will develop.
01 September 2020
Data, the new blood: The upside
Data is valuable both to individuals it relates to and society as a whole. What would it take for people to give their data away for free? In the second article of a three-part series, GDR investigates the benefits created by data donation.
12 August 2020
Data, the new blood: Unlocking commercial data’s potential and opening new avenues
Data is valuable both to individuals it relates to and society as a whole. What would it take for people to give their data away for free? In the first article of a three-part series, GDR investigates the arguments in favour of data donation.
03 August 2020
Data issues highlighted during Big Tech antitrust hearing
The GDPR, adtech, surveillance and third-party sellers were among the data-related topics discussed during a US congressional antitrust hearing that featured chief executives from Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon.
30 July 2020
Google offers Fitbit remedies
Google has promised the European Commission that it will not use Fitbit’s user data to strengthen its advertising business, as it tries to convince the authority to clear its $2.1 billion acquisition of the fitness-tracking company.
15 July 2020
Localisation drives Indian data centre investment
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has bought a US$235 million stake in Indian company Nxtra Data amid a data localisation-driven uptick in demand for secure data storage.
06 July 2020
New York stops investigation as Zoom beefs up data security
On the same day Zoom announced its acquisition of an end-to-end encryption platform, New York’s attorney general said she reached an agreement with the chat platform that required the company to improve its data privacy and security policies.
11 May 2020
New Brazilian blockchain platform promises easier path to foreign bank entry
Brazil’s central bank has launched a data-sharing blockchain platform, in a move that has been touted to facilitate foreign banks setting up shop in the country.
23 April 2020
Trump blocks Chinese acquisition of US tech start-up
Citing data privacy and national security concerns, US President Donald Trump has blocked a Chinese company from acquiring a US tech startup and accessing its data – a decision the companies say they disagree with, but nevertheless will abide by.
20 March 2020