California parents sue i-Ready maker over student data collection

Lawsuit against education software company fuels wider debate over privacy, screen time and learning ...

From Collection To Connection: How Energy Utilities Can Become Data Orchestrators

Because AI can help map precisely when and how energy is consumed, utilities can pivot from being data collectors to data ...

USAFacts’ new campaign is showing voters that data rules everything around them

USAFacts, helmed by new president Lauren Woodman, says fixing America’s data infrastructure will get people more involved in ...

EEOC Report’s End Would Make Employers Rethink Race, Sex Data

The EEOC’s pending proposal to revoke longstanding requirements for employers to report race and sex data for their workforce ...

Former Officials Denounce EEOC Plan To Halt Workforce Data Collection

The EEOC wants to end employers' obligation to report workforce data on sex, race and ethnicity. Former officials say the plan jeopardizes equal employment opportunities.
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Uber's fleet of 500 data-collection vehicles to hit the road this year

Uber deploys 500 sensor-packed vehicles to collect autonomous driving data, turning city streets into training grounds for ...

New race-based data collection is a 'good step', says advocate

Yellowknife is the latest Canadian city to be included in a national RCMP initiative to collect race-based data, a move aimed ...
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Six Large Data Dumps Add Fuel to Collection #1's Fire

Last month, security researcher Troy Hunt reported on finding "Collection #1" -- a set of 12,000 files containing stolen email and password combinations, uploaded to New Zealand's MEGA cloud hosting ...
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Data Collection

Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information used for research. Collecting data is one of the most important steps in the research process, and is part of all disciplines ...