Work Area: Transactions
Direct link between data maturity and profit, study finds
Businesses with more mature data strategies see a large boost in profit as a result of increased revenue, improved efficiency and better customer retention, a study by data analytics company Splunk has found.
20 March 2020
Facebook attacks data antitrust litigation
Facebook is seeking to shut down a lawsuit that has challenged its data access policies.
18 March 2020
US health department wants more airlift data to track coronavirus
The US Department of Health & Human Services wants commercial airlines to fork over passenger data in an attempt to track people potentially exposed to the coronavirus – but some airlines say they don’t have the capacity to collect and provide the information.
10 March 2020
How mixing datasets could revolutionise the adtech industry
Washington, DC start-up UBDI is pairing big data with consumer-generated surveys in an attempt to innovate the targeted advertising industry and allow people to generate revenue from their own information. GDR interviewed UBDI chief executive Dana Budzyn and chief revenue officer Mark Kilaghbian about their company and how it could change the adtech space.
06 March 2020
Data deals roundup: finance, risk, cybersecurity and e-commerce
As data becomes an increasingly important aspect of dealmaking, GDR brings a roundup of data deals from the last month, as well as acquisitions in the data advisory market.
06 March 2020
IT outsourcer caught out after data acquisition
A Danish outsourcer has fallen foul of the country’s data regulator after it failed to secure personal information it acquired as part of a merger.
02 March 2020
Australian regulator probes Google/Fitbit
Australia’s competition authority has launched an informal investigation into Google’s acquisition of Fitbit, on the same day that the authority’s head spoke about the difficulties in assessing mergers in the digital sector.
28 February 2020
How a Nasdaq unit prices its data assets
Nasdaq’s head of alternative data tells GDR how the exchange’s subsidiary Quandl adds value to investment decision-makers – and how the company assesses the value of the information it sells.
24 February 2020
EU could demand review of AIs before market entry
The European Commission’s new AI regulatory framework could lead to forced inspection of AIs’ datasets and algorithms before they can operate in Europe.
19 February 2020
EU considers forced data sharing
The European Commission may boost compulsory corporate data sharing, in a move aimed to encourage the use and re-use of data across the bloc.
19 February 2020