Data governance is a fundamental concept that must be addressed globally as data resources become increasingly essential in today’s world. However, there are several problems with data governance, including uneven data rights and conflicting interests between the players in the data economy. The regulations for how governments and businesses gather

Data governance is becoming increasingly essential as businesses confront new data privacy regulations and rely more on data analytics to optimize operations and make business decisions. Data governance is the process of collecting, managing, and utilizing data to provide improved business decision-making. It encompasses everything a company and its teams

Cooperatives are best understood as groups of people with identical or highly similar needs. These needs have traditionally included insurance, money lending and saving, achieving economies of scale, or marketing goods. With data being one of the most valuable commodities on earth (if not the most valuable), it is only

In recent weeks, the topic of data privacy, data security, data sovereignty, and how social media platforms harvest and use our information has reared its head again. The most recent Facebook whistleblower, who divulged how the platform knows it is responsible for helping to create divisions through its algorithm, which

The EU’s GDPR renewed the data industry’s focus on user privacy, but new regulations are, in fact, a staple of the ebbing and flowing digital landscape. Although businesses are seeking new processes in response to current privacy laws, it pays more to stay ahead of the curve.  Changing regulations are

As consumers across the globe become increasingly aware of their digital identity and personal data rights and further regulations take hold, it’s unsurprising that Google has announced it will not be replacing third-party cookies with identifiers and email addresses. Advertisers now need to look for new ways to engage valuable

Almost everything we do has been affected by Covid-19 – the way we use customer data is no exception. In adjusting your communication to reflect the sudden change in consumer habits, it’s key to adhere to data guidelines, including GDPR. You can only use data for the purpose for which

International Data Privacy Day is almost here. January 28 is a chance for all of us to raise awareness, remind ourselves of our commitments to data privacy, and ensure we know data protection best practices. Data privacy (sometimes called “information privacy”) is a subset of data protection that deals with the proper

polypoly Cooperative publishes a technical white paper featuring its core technology, the polyPod. The cooperative is the first of its kind: A pan-European data cooperative in which shareholder-members own and profit from the underlying technology. Download now! Things are totally out of control. We don’t know who has our data,

What is a VPN? How is it used? Why is it needed now more than ever before? Read on. Do you want to protect your online identity, stay safe on public wifi or bypass censorship on the internet? Then this article is for you. First a little background on how