Counting trans people: Why better data collection is essential for better policy

Trans people are consistently undercounted in data thanks to flawed practices in collection, analysis and sharing. And if we ...
Frontiers

Data collection methods in qualitative research: researchers' reflections

Qualitative research is a unique and complex approach to understanding the phenomenon. Unlike quantitative research, which relies on numbers and statistics to understand facts through reductionist ...
The New York Times

Trump Names ‘Data Nerd’ to Lead Labor Statistics Agency

The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner. By Ben Casselman President Trump said he would nominate ...
Wired

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...
Reason

You Can Still Trust the BLS—for Now

The trustworthiness of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) data on inflation, employment, wages, productivity, and consumer spending has historically been a concern only for cranks and conspiracy ...
Investopedia

Shutdown’s Over—Here’s When the Economic Data Returns

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...
CNBC

The shutdown put jobs and inflation data on hold. Here's when it could be back — and what it might say

Economic data releases that have lagged during the government shutdown likely will take some time to get rolling again once Congress is back in business. Assuming the government reopens before the end ...
Bleeping Computer

Mozilla: New Firefox extensions must disclose data collection practices

Starting next month, Mozilla will require Firefox extension developers to disclose whether their add-ons collect or share user data with third parties. The devs will be required to disclose any new ...
Entrepreneur

We Need to Rethink Our Approach to Customer Data and Identity Verification. Here’s Where to Start.

Online identity must shift from storing customer data to requesting verifiable proofs. zkTLS turns verification into a yes or no proof, not a document upload, which ties back to the goal of proof over ...
Reuters

Former heads of US Bureau of Labor Statistics say Trump's attacks erode trust in data

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's unwarranted attacks on the integrity of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics were undermining trust in economic data and had accelerated ...
CNBC

AppLovin stock tanks on report SEC is investigating company over data-collection practices

AppLovin shares plummeted after Bloomberg reported that the SEC has been probing the mobile advertising company over its data-collection practices. The agency has been looking into whether the company ...