Flirting Dangerously with Alternative Data

Data Cartels: Artificial Intelligence Information Heists II

In this essay, I opine that alternative data practices need closer regulatory and legal scrutiny; a lot of dubious deals are happening behind close-doors. We see a rise of ‘data-cartels’, for lack of a better word, whose single mission it is to acquire and assemble data through acquisitions, data exchange agreements, or contracts with unvetted third-par…