by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer
At the onset of the pandemic, Health and Human Services Department created a data system for hospitals to report COVID-related data, including bed counts and supply inventories. But hospitals were frustrated, and eventually incapacitated by frequent changes to...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
As data consumers increase, large organizations are having a hard time keeping up. Data professionals in large organizations are dealing with various issues including stale data, lack of automation and anticipated disruption due to privacy and security requirements,...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer
3 of 4 software developers are responsible for data quality efforts in their organization, according to a recent survey from SD Times and data management firm Melissa. From SD Times: As organizations move security, testing, governance and even marketing and finance...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Data Privacy & Security
Plaid, a fintech firm that provides the software underpinning financial apps like Venmo, last week settled a class action lawsuit for $58 million. From Jurist: Plaid Inc agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for $58 million on Thursday after six months of...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Data Privacy & Security
Dozens of Google employees have been fired since 2018 for misuse of company data, including user and employee data. From Vice: Google fired dozens of employees between 2018 and 2020 for abusing their access to the company’s tools or data, with some workers...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
Is California’s landmark 2018 privacy law working? It’s hard to tell, in part because the messy data it has produced. The law makes businesses disclose what personal data they have on any citizen who wants to know. The firms must also delete such data upon...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer
A new POLITICO investigation sheds light on the data disorder at various levels of U.S. government during the pandemic: data quality issues, outdated technology, and numerous programs that can’t talk to each other. The Oklahoma City Health Department, for...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer
What do Target, Walmart and Hooters have in common? They are among dozens of plaintiffs suing a small data analytics firm for allegedly working with meat producers to fix poultry and pork prices. Agri Stats, an analytics firm that collects and sells data in the meat...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 5, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
The average data breach has cost organizations $4.24 million in 2021, according to a new IBM report. The figure is the highest in the 17-year history of the annual report. More insights from the Cost of a Data Breach report: Remote work impact: The rapid shift to...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 5, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
People skills are important than technical expertise for CDOs, according to the latest Gartner CDO survey, released in July. However, organizational data literacy can stand in the way of success. More from the survey: • Effective communication is critical. For the...
