Data is the new oil

FT Rethink

November 12, 2018

Hannah Kuchler

Reporting San Francisco Correspondent, Financial Times

Can you compare oil and data? It's true both are profitable but complicated commodities. And once oil has spilled, it cannot be put back into the barrel... and the same thing could be said of data.

…once oil has spilled, it cannot be put back into the barrel...and the same thing could be said of data.

In today's data driven world, is now the time to seek new ways to regulate how tech firms use our data? Watch our video with Hannah Kuchler, Reporting San Francisco Correspondent, the Financial Times.

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