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Event Date: 
19/05/2022 - 8:30am to 10:30am
Venue: 
Hotel du Vin

Representatives from Google will be advising businesses on how to ensure they can stay compliant with the changes to data privacy law and be ready for the forthcoming removal of website cookies in 2023.

Hosted by Exeter-based paid media agency Launch, the breakfast event will be held on 19th May at the Hotel du Vin in Exeter (8:30 - 10:30am). Google, and other expert speakers, will provide a vital opportunity for businesses in the region to understand the changes to data capture, as consumers are given more control of their online presence, with financial fines for non-compliance...

Google to speak to Exeter businesses about the future of customer data

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 03/15/2022 - 11:19pm

Representatives from Google will be advising businesses on how to ensure they can stay compliant with the changes to data privacy law and be ready for the forthcoming removal of website cookies in 2023.

Hosted by Exeter-based paid media agency Launch, the breakfast event will be held on 19th May at the Hotel du Vin in Exeter (8:30 - 10:30am). Google, and other expert speakers, will provide a vital opportunity for businesses in the region to understand the changes to data capture, as consumers are given more control of their online presence, with financial fines for non-compliance...

Plymouth data security expert reveals how Facebook posts help hackers guess passwords

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/07/2022 - 9:45pm

A Plymouth data security expert has revealed how hackers work – and that something as simple as posting a picture from your child’s birthday party can put your business at risk.

Martin Limburn, of IT support company Limbtec is an expert at helping local businesses stay safe and keep hackers out.

“All local businesses are being targeted all the time by cyber criminals. That’s the grim reality of doing business in 2022,” he explained.

“They use automated software to look for hacking opportunities. And are more likely to find them in smaller businesses than big, as...

VRAMP achieves ISO 27001 certification

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/21/2021 - 5:47pm

VRAMP is thrilled to have been awarded the highest international information security standard. The ISO 27001:2017 certification highlights VRAMPs dedication to providing a highly secure employee engagement software solution.

Published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), ISO 27001:2017 requires a detailed audit to ensure compliance against an extensive list of information security criteria.

“Protecting all data within our business, in particular that of our clients, is routed at the core of what we do at VRAMP as a data handler. From our very...

University of Exeter joins national cancer health data research hub

University of Exeter joins national cancer health data research hub

The University of Exeter has signed up as an associate partner to DATA-CAN: The Health Data Research Hub for Cancer.

DATA-CAN is a UK-wide partnership which aims to improve care and outcomes for people with cancer by making high quality health data more accessible for cancer researchers and health professionals.

Through its College of Medicine and Health, the University of Exeter brings a wealth of cancer research expertise, as well as data science knowledge and experience to the DATA-CAN partnership. Work from the Exeter team, which uses information from GP records to...

People in Exeter are most likely to turn to Dr Google in an emergency, study shows

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 02/21/2021 - 10:02pm

New research has revealed the areas of the UK where people are consulting Dr Google before seeking the advice of a medical professional.

Out of the cities assessed in the research conducted, Exeter ranked as one of the areas where the most people are turning to Dr Google to remedy their problems, with 86.6 monthly searches per 10,000 people based on data from a group of 100 search terms.

To narrow down what the UK is searching to treat, the research collated 100 of the top search terms across the UK which included the phrase ‘how to treat’.

The top five most...

Glas Data

New service gives farmers real time alerts about their operations

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/19/2020 - 11:33am

A specialist agri-tech business based in Cornwall, has introduced a new service to give farmers and food producers access to real time alerts about their operations.

With the ability to alert when action needs to be taken on everything from water leaks to temperature fluctuations in cold food storage, it has the potential to save significant amounts of time and money.

Glas Data has spent three years developing and refining its GlasCore dashboard, which displays all of a farm’s data in one easy to understand dashboard, which can be primarily viewed on a mobile phone, as...

A private data centre can ease your journey into the cloud

The universal adoption of the term ‘cloud’ still bemuses many people. Rather than being a storage system in the sky, the reality is that photos, documents, contacts, etc. are securely stored on a server in large data centre made from bricks and mortar not wisps of water-filled air.

A data centre is like a massive filing cabinet, but rather than opening it with a key, an internet connection, passwords and encryption protection are the way in and businesses are using these to store their data and run their IT applications, such as telephony, security, CRMs, etc.

The beauty of...

Exeter based Equiniti Data announces launch of EQ Amplify which provides fully-compliant access to their entire UK consumer database

Authored by jenEv
Posted: Thu, 09/13/2018 - 11:42am

Equiniti (EQ) Data, an Exeter based marketing solutions provider and the data division of Equiniti Plc. is proud to announce the launch of EQ Amplify- a new way for marketers to access a centralised UK consumer database, including a flagship classification model. The use of consumer data in business is changing, and at pace. At the same time, consumer expectations are higher than ever. For most marketers, who are competing with corporate giants like Amazon and Google, the question is how to intelligently and compliantly access this data to deliver a more personalised customer experience....

Pioneering Initiative to develop next generation of Exeter’s data scientists

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/19/2018 - 12:25pm

The official launch has taken place of a pioneering alliance among leading partners to develop Exeter’s next generation of data scientists, as Exeter recently named among the top 10 cities for future tech hubs.

The new Exeter Data Information Science Collaborative (E-DISC) brings together leading city organisations to develop the city’s technical data analytical skills for the future.

Under the collaboration, organisations such as the Met Office, Exeter College, Exeter City Futures, Exeter City Council, University of Exeter and the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation...

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