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Comment: Data localization accelerates globally as privacy is linked with data transfer restrictions

By Mike Swift
  • 05 May 2021 18:10
  • 05 May 2021 18:10
The truism that “data is the oil of the 21st Century” is due for Version 2.0. Increasingly, data is more than a commodity: It’s a currency. 
As the value of the big data analytics market zooms past an estimated $140 billion annually, countries around the world are tightening their grip

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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