Netherlands-based CDP Invenna is merging with Human Inference, which offers data quality and identity resolution technology. Both firms are owned by The Data Agency, which owns a number of customer data-related businesses. Human Inference will be offered as a separate product and as a module within Invenna.
TikTok has been under fire for sharing private information with Chinese government agencies. The company is reportedly attempting to appease lawmakers with a $1.5 billion ”transparency plan” for independent review of its code and video selection algorithms. The politics here probably matter more than any technical details, but it’s worth a try.
Data quality and master data management has remained the top priority for data users worldwide for six years running, according to this BARC survey. Data culture, governance, visualization, and self-service analytics round out the top five. Lots of interesting detail here by application, region, industry, best-in-class, company size, and user type.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.