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Data collection
Nielsen's agreement to use Amazon viewer data in football ratings is a first
Aug 24, 2023
Streaming services changed the way people watched TV. Now they're changing the way ratings agencies like Nielsen count viewers.
Complying with California's new privacy law is a big deal for employers
Jan 2, 2023
Employers collect a lot of data on workers beyond the basics: surveillance footage, emails, facial recognition. Now, they have to account for all of it.
S&P Global buys IHS Markit in $44B deal for data companies
Nov 30, 2020
Data collection has become pivotal on Wall Street as algorithms and high-speed trading overtake the traditional picking of stocks.
FCC set to fine big telecom companies for selling location data. Is $200 million enough?
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Andy Uhler
Feb 28, 2020
Two hundred million dollars sounds like a lot of cash, but it's just a drop in the bucket for many multinationals companies.
U.S. to publish economic data on Puerto Rico for the first time
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Andy Uhler
Mar 5, 2019
On foot of concerns that numbers from Puerto Rico itself could be flawed, the U.S. government is preparing to release gross domestic product data on the U.S. territory for the first time. We took a look at what the adjusted financial data could mean for the island as it continues to recover from Hurricane Maria […]
What's behind Apple's Didi investment?
May 13, 2016
It might be about gaining ground in China or about driverless cars. Or both.
Tallying the return investments in medical records
Apr 13, 2015
The feds say they aren't getting their money's worth.
For public good, not for profit.
How your car's computers can spy on you
Nov 14, 2014
Auto makers issue privacy standards for the data that cars collect.