City predicts ‘bright future’ for Experian data business
City analysts have hailed the performance of Experian’s marketing data operation after the firm reported a revenue of $4.8bn for…
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Edwina Dunn joins body to advise Govt on data ethics
The Government has revealed the line-up for its new Centre of Data Ethics & Innovation, with Starcount boss and data…
Data analytics revenues set to reach $260bn by 2022
The data analytics market is set for a major surge over the next five years as more and more companies…
‘Inadequate’ Data Protection Bill is ‘already out of date’
The Data Protection Bill – passed by Parliament last week and now awaiting Royal Assent – is already out of…
Admiral Insurance hit by big data discrimination claims
The insurance industry’s use of big data analytics to set premiums has come under fire after an investigation found that…
Why big data should be music to all marketers’ ears
With MEPs urging the European Commission and data regulators to ensure companies which use big data are more transparent about the…
DunnHumby boss Hay exits 16 months after sale fiasco
DunnHumby global chief executive Simon Hay is leaving the business just over a year after Tesco’s “farcical” attempt to flog…
Row looms as Google nets NHS patient data contract
NHS England’s controversial care.data scheme may be all but dead and buried but the organisation is risking a new outcry…
Germans call for softly, softly approach to GDPR
Germany, which boasts one of the toughest data protection regimes in the world, is urging EU countries not to be…
Parliamentary group aims to make big data prosper
While some MPs appear to have nothing better to do than demonise the direct marketing industry, a new cross-party Parliamentary group…