What the Data Act Actually Changes on 12 January 2027
On 12 January 2027 the EU Data Act ends switching charges. What that covers, what Article 34 still lets providers charge, and what UK buyers get instead.
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Opinion
The Loyalty Backend Is a Data Engineering Problem
10 minutes
Loyalty points are a balance-sheet liability as well as a marketing tool. Following one point through enrolment, earning, accrual, …
Patient Data Across Boundaries
13 minutes
Which privacy rules govern a multi-country trial's data depends on where each participant enrolled, what they agreed to, and who holds each …
Your Lab Notebook Is a Data Product
8 minutes
When a licensing partner's diligence team asks for the data behind a preclinical programme, many research organisations find the evidence …
Chain of Custody for Trial Data
9 minutes
One revised LDL-C result shows where custody of clinical trial data breaks: at the handovers between laboratory, CRO, and sponsor. What 21 …
Legacy Modernisation That Meets the Audit Bar
11 minutes
A modernised government system can work perfectly and still leave its auditors short of evidence, because the history the old system kept …
API Governance Done Properly
14 minutes
Follow one eligibility API through a public sector programme twice: first governed by a review board and a spreadsheet, then by the platform …
Sovereign Cloud Is an Architecture, Not a Procurement
11 minutes
A sovereign cloud contract usually covers the platform, while keys, identity, data rules, telemetry, and testable contract terms decide …
Audience Telemetry as a Strategic Asset
9 minutes
Most broadcasters and streamers already collect real-time audience signals, but on the streaming side those signals are usually split …
The CTO Playbook for Agentic Systems
6 minutes
A 71-page operating manual for engineering leaders whose software has started to reason, decide, and write the software that carries out …
Protecting the IP in a Generative World
10 minutes
A studio can find its back catalogue inside a public model's training data and discover it cannot prove, from its own systems, when the work …
Launch Day Is Every Day
9 minutes
Subscription and on-demand media platforms still spend their engineering effort preparing for the scheduled launch, while the traffic that …
Your Managed Providers Are About to Be Regulated. Here Is What to Ask Them.
11 minutes
The UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and NIS2 both regulate managed service providers directly, wherever they are established. Seven …