Weekly DaaS Roundup for December 12

NEWS, READS AND MORE

CFPB Proposes new rules on selling sensitive data CFPB

The CFPB’s proposal aims to treat data brokers like credit reporting agencies when they deal in sensitive data, potentially requiring substantial changes to process and resulting in massive overhead increases. Important to remember that Musk has recently called for the “deletion of the CFPB” outright. Keep calm and DOGE on?

Andrew Ferguson announced as Lina Khan’s FTC successor Quartz

Ferguson has promised to end the “vendetta against competition” and ensure that America is the “world’s technological leader.” Time will tell what this looks like in practice, but some analysts are claiming that “Christmas came early for the tech world.”

Maryland to become the most challenging data privacy state AdExchanger

If you thought the CCPA was stringent, wait till you meet MODPA in 2025 - as of current reading, even if users agree to it, businesses may not sell “sensitive data”. The patchwork grows.

Are hyperscalers killing the data and analytics market? Peter Baumann

Comparing Gartner’s MQs for Data and Analytics over the years, one sees the continued advancement of AWS, Microsoft and Google in the space. This trend, along with the integration of end-to-end data stacks by major players, could potentially lead to reduced diversity and innovation in the ecosystem, possibly marking the end of the Modern Data Stack.

Top Data Trends for 2025 Coalesce

Coalesce surveyed 19 data execs on what to expect in 2025. Pragmatism as it comes to AI adoption, a growing emphasis on data quality, governance, and interoperability and vendor consolidation are repeated themes.

Does data quality REALLY matter? Benn Stancil

The argument on whether it’s more important to be fast or right kicks into overdrive with AI. While data quality remains important, AI models are more resilient to imperfect data, and the increased focus on data quality in the AI era might be driven more by business excitement about AI rather than technical necessity.

Automattic ordered to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress TechCrunch

One would think that that’s the end of it, but Automattic vowed to continue the fight.

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Fivetran CEO George Fraser - Data for the AI revolution

George Fraser, the co-founder and CEO of Fivetran, came on to talk building a data stack for AI workloads, the rise of RAG, vendor neutral data storage and more. The future is cool.

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BONUS GTM PLAYBOOK

ZoomInfo has shared their entire GTM playbook and signals. Even if you’re not a ZI user - it’s awesome to see how one of the best DaaS companies out there thinks about growth.

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