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Organizations need to balance data sharing and security. They want to increase data consumption internally and externally but at the same time must protect and safeguard information from unauthorized access while ensuring compliance. How does a data marketplace enable this?

The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) promises to increase the protection, privacy and security of consumer data, across the United States through federal legislation. We look at what it covers, next steps on its implementation and the benefits it brings to organizations as well as consumers.

Data governance is critical to ensuring that data is reliable, trustworthy and accessible by the right users, enabling organizations to become truly data-centric. Ensuring that cloud-based data is well-governed brings new challenges around control, security and compliance - this blog explains how to overcome them.

What are the best practices around deploying the data mesh approach in your organization?

The General Data Protection Regulation has transformed how personal information is used and protected across the European Union. However, its impact goes much further, forming the basis of state legislation within the US. We explain why following its principles benefits all organizations in terms of compliance and good practice.

Today’s more connected world means that we are surrounded by data. Connected consumers and industrial devices, and Internet of Things sensors, generate terabytes of information every minute. But how can companies turn this data into value and new opportunities? Our blog looks at what is needed to transform industrial data into a business and societal asset.

Once you’ve chosen to embrace data democratization to serve your ecosystems with compelling data experiences your project needs the right technology and vendor partner to enable success. We explain what to look for when picking a technology platform in terms of features, support and relevant experience.

Privacy and cookie regulations also apply to data portals. The Opendatasoft platform allows you to comply with them, thanks to ready-to-use templates.

If you have been following us during the “Stay at home” period, you might have noticed that Covid-19 has prompted unprecedented levels of data sharing across the world. However, you might still be uncertain about which data you can legally publish, especially if you live in Europe. 

As governments open more data to the public, watchdog groups and think tanks are closely eyeing privacy protections to ensure that released data does not violate citizens’ privacy. That’s a good thing, because the focus on privacy has spawned innovations in the way data is protected and released.

Finding what data you can publish should start with the question “Do we have a data classification policy within our organization?” This article will give you an introduction to the Data Classification Policy as well as to standards such as PCI, FERPA, HIPAA and protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII).