It could deliver huge growth potential to the British economy while transforming the relationship between consumers and corporations. Nothing trivial, then, about the claims being made by the ...

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The UK government has teamed up with businesses to support a standard electronic format for consumer personal data. Firms including Google, MasterCard and Visa have signed up to the Midata scheme, ...

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Consumers are to be given new powers to ask companies to hand over their personal customer data so that they can make more informed choices on how they spend their own money. Companies will have to ...

As digitalisation continues to progress, personal data is becoming a precious resource. The consolidation of this data and the analysis of data pools promise to open up new opportunities for medical ...

Imagine always getting the cheapest deal on anything you buy, from clothes to energy bills and mobile phone contracts. Imagine never having to worry about keeping receipts or warranty documents when ...

Chris Combermale, executive director of the Direct Marketing Association, shares his views on the midata concept. Consumer data access is an issue that should be high on the agenda of any business ...

The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones spoke to the government's information adviser, Prof Nigel Shadbolt, who devised the scheme It could deliver huge growth potential to the British economy while transforming ...