Datasets derived from the Internet of Things often lie on the fringe of the established alternative data universe. They are rarities or curiosities. In our IoT series, we shed light on the technologies that enable device connectivity, issues of data ownership, and alt data applications of IoT technology. In part one, we take a big picture approach by providing an introduction to IoT search engines.

Given the recent spate of dataset terminations, we thought it pertinent to share our insight on the topic of permanency risk. For an industry reliant on the sharing of data, it comes as no surprise that the ever-growing spotlight on data privacy has huge implications for dataset permanency risk. As the alternative data space becomes increasingly saturated, it’s also the case that lower quality datasets are getting filtered out of the market more quickly. So what do these developments mean for data buyers?