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IRI Launches Omni-Channel Measurement Tools

April 27, 2021
There’s apparently some weird competition between IRI and NielsenIQ to use the word “omni”. NielsenIQ’s opener was its Omnishopper announcement, complete with “omni measurement” of the “omni-experience” across the “omnichannel” landscape. (Bonus points for inconsistent spacing and hyphens.) IRI has countered by expanding its “omnichannel measurement capabilities to offer complete coverage of the omnichannel universe with the launch of two new solutions: IRI OmniMarket™ and IRI OmniConsumer™.” That’s four “omnis” in one sentence, NielsenIQ.
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Data Trusts may provide a way to monetize citizen data

April 27, 2021
The EU, Google and others are exploring various ways to utilize massive amounts of consumer data with permission from and accountability to individuals via data trusts that would manage the data on their behalf. This is not a new concept, but it is one that may gain traction as individuals exercise rights to ownership of their data. Here’s a paper I recently published in the Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, Volume 4 Number 2, published by Henry Stewart Publications, https://www.henrystewartpublications.com/jdpp, that explores this in-depth.
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BigID launches freemium, privacy-on-demand SaaS platform

April 27, 2021
A day after announcing a $30M investment from Advent International, BigID introduced BigID.me, a new privacy portal for organizations that don't have a designated privacy team in-house to satisfy regulatory demands and manage customer trust. Designed for use by marketers and non-professional privacy managers, the system can help manage and automate key functions including consent, cookie management and data rights.
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American Press Institute/Associated Press study finds 1/3 Americans don’t think facts matter

April 27, 2021
A survey of more than 2500 U.S. adults indicates that of five journalism values tested, facts mattered most, but still 1/3 overall didn’t feel facts are the key to knowing what’s true.  There’s even less agreement with other journalism values, with just 29% agreeing that exposing problems is the best way for society to solve them. Support for these values had less to do with political party or ideology than with moral instincts that cut across demographics.
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IT’S THE LAW (04/27/2021)

April 27, 2021
A new U.S. bipartisan bill, The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act, is designed to close a law enforcement data access loophole. It requires government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to obtain a court order to access data from brokers that sell personal information. It would also ban the purchase of data obtained illegally, through hacking, or violation of terms of service, or from a user’s account or device, targeting techniques used by Clearview AI and others.
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