DataScan

A reminder of why data privacy matters

Europe is drawing fresh battle lines around the ethics of big data. The anonymisation myth…

Blockchain and data management myths

Are silos are the greatest stumbling block to effective data use? Why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online. Watch a human-like robot hand learning dexterity.

Amazon’s race to capitalize on data

Connected data and people-based marketing. Data breach exposes personal info database with 340m records. Ways to think about machine learning.

All included in this week’s data digest. 👇🏼

Questions for Zuckerberg and Cambridge

The tiny Cambridge department sucked into Facebook big data furore. Five trends in the use and management of customer data. Explicit vs. unambiguous consent: what’s the difference? Could Cambridge Analytica access your data?

Trustworthy data will transform the world

Gathering healthcare insights about people’s daily lives. How to turn “data exhaust” into a competitive edge. What happens when data scientists and designers work together.

How to analyse data while protecting privacy

Ads that don’t overstep. Attitudes to sharing personal data. Marketers are integrating data across their tech stacks. Why decentralisation matters.

Siloed data stifling B2B marketing efforts

Why second party data is king. Good privacy is good for business. How to tame the tech titans. Show me your data — the new precondition to M&As.

All included in this week’s digest on the world of data. 👇🏼

How widely companies share data

Threats galore for centralised data. Three ideas for 2018 to stay ahead of competitors. Is your company’s data actually valuable in the AI era? How Bitcoin’s utopia has failed.

Don’t dismantle data silos, build bridges

European banks brace for shake-up in customer data access. Everyone wants a data…