February Tidbits: Watchlist, upcoming Summit and most-popular vendors
In our first client note of 2022, we share pricing intel from some top vendors, provide details about our upcoming in-person summit and more.
Alternative Data News and Insight
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People moves (27 Jan 2022): Acuity Trading, BlackRock, Oxford-Man Institute and more
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Google sued over ‘deceptive’ location tracking
Several US states have filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that it deceived consumers by collecting their location data even after users opted-out. The legal actions — which were separately filed by attorneys general in the District of Columb... -
Kiwi loses Southwest flight data-scraping case
Online flight search platform Kiwi.com has been permanently barred from scraping Southwest Airlines’ flight and fare data. -
10 data products that may not survive 2022
Future gazing is a tough gig but someone’s got to do it. We look into Neudata’s crystal ball to predict which alternative data products may not make it past 2022. -
Using alternative data to assess employment trends
We summarise an economic study that constructs coincident employment indices with high-frequency data to identify trends in US labour market during the pandemic. Given the significant lags in traditional employment statistics, the paper finds value in using alternative data sources to gain critical information on changing labour market dynamics in real-time. -
People moves (20 Jan ‘22): SEC, IATA, Otonomo and more
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Riding the NFT bull run
With all the hype around expensive JPEGs of Apes, Cats and Punks, we explore the alternative datasets available to monitor the booming NFT market. The report touches on the key dataset types available, including on chain, search, web traffic, social media, and app data. -
Precisely to acquire PlaceIQ
Data integrity company Precisely has entered into an agreement to acquire PlaceIQ, a provider of US location data. -
Bright Data-Oxylabs dispute continues with new lawsuit
Web-scraped data providers Bright Data and Oxylabs are continuing their legal battle over who owns the intellectual property the firms use to scrape the web.
