Of course, GPS makers aren't too interested in collecting individual users' data (at least, we hope not), but they are collecting some general data, and TomTom has now released a few of its findings.

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Global governance research firm GMI has been collecting data on clawback policies at all companies since 2006 when firms began to adopt these policies voluntarily.

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So he asked me to look at the data that they'd been collecting.

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The phasing in of MSY depends on collecting more scientific data about the rate at which different marine species reproduce.

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But it also uses other metrics, including total time spent, and last year began collecting data on video streams initiated by users at sites such as Google's YouTube, which it said provided a more accurate picture of the online video audience than unique visitors did.

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There is a certain audacity in tossing out collider data before anyone looks at it, since billions of dollars have been spent collecting it.

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As part of the final year of his research at the London School of Economics, MacKerron, 31, has found a novel way of collecting data for his doctorate: an iPhone application.

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At a minimum, make sure you have in place a short list of trusted outsiders with expertise in collecting live data and forensically recoverable data.

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As I watched Sony unveil the PlayStation 4 at a press conference on February 20th, I was struck by how much data the new device would be collecting from its users.

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