As May 2018 loomed, companies across the continent scrambled to code cookie notifications, cull newsletter lists and scrutinise privacy policies to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation. Meanwhile the eyes of VCs grew wide as they clocked a cluster of companies building data privacy solutions to sell to companies, big and small (but mostly big).
Analysis
December 14, 2018
Cloaks for data: making money from privacy by design
Data anonymisation is not a new science, but the privacy solution is attracting investor and customer interest, and potentially more regulation.
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