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Will the SEC Enforcement Action Against App Annie Cool Demand for Alternative Data?
11/29/2021
Hedge funds embraced alternative data to get market-leading insights without violating insider trading laws, so it was a shock when US regulators fined the leading provider of mobile app data ...
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ESG Researcher RepRisk Discloses Methodology as IOSCO Finalizes Guidelines
11/26/2021
Zurich-based ESG research firm RepRisk released its ESG ratings methodology the same day that international security regulators finalized their ESG ratings disclosure recommendations. Although regulation of ESG ratings is on ...
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Ninth Circuit Appears Skeptical (Still) of LinkedIn’s Case Against hiQ
11/04/2021
Its original ruling having been vacated by the US Supreme Court, the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals once again heard oral arguments in the hiQ Labs Inc v ...
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VoxSmart Acquires NLP Provider Greenkey Technologies
09/30/2021
Recently, VoxSmart, a UK-based provider of communications surveillance for the financial services industry, acquired Chicago-based NLP tool provider GreenKey Technologies (GK) to bolster its surveillance offerings to global financial institutions. ...
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SEC Makes First Enforcement Action Against Alternative Data Firm
09/22/2021
The US Securities and Exchange Commission fined leading alternative data firm App Annie $10 million for securities fraud, making it crystal clear that the US regulator is scrutinizing the alternative ...
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ESG Disclosure Regulation Picks Up Steam
08/11/2021
Regulators across all regions are prioritizing new ESG regulation, fueling the surging interest in ESG data. ESG regulation is no longer solely a European phenomenon as global regulators are now ...
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UK Regulators Consider Regulating ESG Data
06/24/2021
Concerns about ESG ratings are growing as UK regulators have requested comments on whether they should more formally regulate ESG data providers. The move follows calls from European regulators for ...
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Senate Republicans Oppose SEC Mandated ESG Disclosure
06/22/2021
On the final day of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s comment period on climate change disclosure, the Republican members of the influential Senate Banking Committee sent a letter advising ...
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US Supreme Court Remands LinkedIn vs hiQ to Appeals Court
06/17/2021
Web harvesting concerns remain alive as the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) vacated a lower court ruling favorable to web scraping, directing the lower court to reconsider the case in light ...
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New York’s Privacy Legislation Would Expand Restrictions
05/26/2021
A comprehensive data privacy bill passed out of committee in New York for the first time. If passed, it will significantly increase the obligations and liabilities associated with data derived ...