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Introduction To DCI’s “The New State of Data Privacy” Series

The Editor In Chief of DCI introduces a new editorial series, "The New State of Data Privacy," focused on the rapidly-expanding landscape of private companies working on Privacy Tech.

By Mark Drapeau

The New State of Data Privacy: Q&A With Michelle Finneran Dennedy – Partner, Privatus Strategic Consulting & CEO, PrivacyCode, Inc.

We discuss with Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Partner at Privatus Strategic Consulting & CEO at PrivacyCode, the exploding Privacy Tech landscape, and the innovations of small private companies.

By Data Catalyst Institute

The Disappearing Space Between Legitimate Competition and Antitrust: The Case of Facebook

Several U.S. state attorneys general have argued that Facebook is guilty of anticompetitive conduct while blurring the lines between legitimate and illegitimate competition.

By Liad Wagman

No There There: Putting Big Tech’s Acquisitions In the Proper Context

The FTC's tunnel-vision focus on the sheer number of tiny acquisitions by "big tech" during the past decade is being used as justification for a complete antitrust system overhaul.

By Liad Wagman

Roaring Twenties or Digital Depression? Q&A With Prof. Scott Stern of MIT Sloan School of Management

In this Q&A with Prof. Scott Stern of MIT Sloan, we discuss the relationship of Main Street small businesses to major technology companies on the backdrop of both antitrust and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

By Data Catalyst Institute

Roaring Twenties or Digital Depression? Q&A With Prof. David Audretsch of Indiana University

In this Q&A with Prof. David Audretsch, we discuss the relationship between large tech companies and small businesses, the difference between a company being “big” versus behaving “anticompetitively,” and the state of business competition in the U.S. today.

By Data Catalyst Institute

Assessing the Emerging Threats From Innovation in the Automobile (Mobility) Industry

This post reviews tech innovation in the auto/mobility space, the digital and exponential technologies underlying the innovation, and what emerging policy and other risks they present for the companies involved.

By Mark Drapeau