Experian pulls the plug on £275m ClearScore takeover
Experian has scrapped its proposed £275m takeover of online credit referencing and financial services firm ClearScore after concluding that the…
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Privacy group calls for probe of seven data companies
Just days after the Information Commissioner’s Office revealed it was planning to audit a number of UK data companies, Privacy…
Merkle launches DataSource insight platform in UK
Data-driven performance marketing agency Merkle is launching a proprietary people-based, market agnostic data platform, DataSource, in the UK which it…
Why brands must tackle the ‘infobesity’ challenge
While most businesses now understand how data can deliver a better, more personalised, customer experience, many also express angst about…
ICO data probe ratchets up £1.4m bill – and counting
The Information Commissioner’s Office investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes – which, by its own admission,…
Experian unveils on-demand data analytics platform
Experian has launched a new analytics solution in the UK – following trials in the States – which it claims…
Experian in ICO sights as Emma’s Diary gets walloped
The Information Commissioner’s Office has sent out a chilling warning with confirmation it has fined Emma’s Diary the £140,000 monetary…
Omnicom links LiveRamp and Experian for data platform
Just days after IPG bought Acxiom, rival Omnicom Group is aiming to prove its own data-driven credentials with the launch…
Major UK data firms under scrutiny as watchdog bites
Some of the UK’s leading data companies, including CACI, Experian, Equifax, TransUnion (formerly Callcredit) and Data8, are among those firms…
Callcredit snapped up by TransUnion in £1bn mega deal
US information giant TransUnion has swooped on Callcredit Information Group in deal worth over $1.4bn (£1bn), just four years after…